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Tort law / Kirsty Horsey and Erika Rackley

By: Horsey, Kirsty | Rackley, ErikaPublication details: United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2015. Edition: 4th edDescription: liii, 666 p. : ill ; 25 cmISBN: 9780198718499 (pbk.); 0198718497 (pbk.)Subject(s): Torts | Torts
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This best-selling undergraduate textbook from leading academics Kirsty Horsey & Erika Rackley gives a comprehensive grounding in tort law and carefully chosen learning features help students to become engaged and critical thinkers.

Contents

Introduction
PART I. THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE
Introduction to the tort of negligence
Duty of care : introduction and basic principles
Omissions and acts of third parties
Psychiatric harm
Public bodies
Economic loss
Breach
Causation and remoteness
Defences to negligence
PART II. SPECIAL LIABILITY REGIMES
Occupiers' liability
Employers' liability
Product liability
PART III. THE PERSONAL TORTS
Trespass to the person
Defamation
Invasion of privacy
PART IV. THE LAND TORTS
Trespass to land and nuisance
Actions under the rule of Rylands v Fletcher
PART V. DAMAGES AND THE PURPOSE OF COMPENSATION
Damages in tort
Appendix A: Annotated problem questions.

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