Tort

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giliker, Paula (Author), Beckwith, Silas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Sweet & Maxwell , c2011
Edition:4th ed
Series:Sweet & Maxwell's textbook series
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The nature of tortious liability
  • 2. Negligence : the duty of care
  • 3. Negligence : economic loss
  • 4. Negligence : psychiatric illness
  • 5. Negligence : breach of duty
  • 6. Causation and remoteness
  • 7. Employers' liability
  • 8. Occupiers' liability
  • 9. Strict liability statutes
  • 10. Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher
  • 11. Trespass
  • 12. The economic torts
  • 13. Defamation
  • 14. Defenses to defamation
  • 15. Privacy (or misuse of private information)
  • 16. General defenses and extinction of liability
  • 17. Remedies