Law of Tort mylawchamber premium pack

John Cooke (Autor)

Media-Kombination

644 Seiten

2011 | 10th edition
Pearson Longman
978-1-4082-6818-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Tort Law part of Longman's FoundationsSeries is written entirely with the student reader in mind. Its rich learning features are designed to illuminate complex legal principles and promote solid understanding and confidence in legal study. Readers will gain a firm grasp of the essential concepts as well as an awareness of important recent developments in the law.

The Foundations Series offers students a comprehensive, clear and straightforward account of the law in the core subjects of the LLB degree and GDL/CPE conversion course.

Autor

John Cooke is Professor of Common Law at Liverpool John Moores University. He has thirty years of teaching experience and lectures and researches in Obligations (contract/tort/restitution), Media Law and Medical Law. He has written widely in the field.

Inhalt

Brief contents

Preface

Guided Tour

Table of Cases

Table of statutes and other statutory materials



Part 1 General principles of tort law

1 General principles



Part 2 The tort of negligence

2 General principles of negligence

3 Duty of care

4 Nervous shock

5 Economic loss

6 Omissions, third parties and public authorities

7 Breach of duty and proof of negligence

8 Causation and remoteness of damage

9 Defences to negligence



Part 3 Specific areas of negligence and breach of statutory duty

10 Defective premises

11 Defective products

12 Breach of statutory duty

13 Employer's liability

14 Medical negligence and related



Part 4 Torts based on land

15 Trespass to land

16 Nuisance

17 Rylands v Fletcher and liability for fire



Part 5 Miscellaneous torts

18 Liability for animals

19 Trespass to the person

20 Defamation

21 Privacy

22 Deceit, malicious falsehood and passing off



Part 6 Parties, defences and remedies

23 Vicarious liability

24 Joint and several liability

25 Limitation

26 General defences

27 Remedies



Part 7 Extracts from statutes



Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.6.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Foundation Studies in Law Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 186 x 246 mm
• Gewicht: 1340 g
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
• ISBN-10: 1-4082-6818-3 / 1408268183
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4082-6818-6 / 9781408268186
• Zustand: Neuware