Casebook on Torts
10th Edition
Published on 26. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-19-923228-4 (ISBN)
Description
Richard Kidner's well-established Casebook on Torts is an essential casebook for students of tort law. The case selection for this book has been based upon the standard cases, and the extracts outline the reasoning behind the judicial decisions made. The extracts are accompanied by concise author commentary focusing the reader on the key elements and encouraging in-depth analysis of the primary materials. Online Resource Centre Updates Web links
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Edition
10th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
896 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-923228-4 (9780199232284)
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Casebook on Torts
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11th Edition
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Casebook on Torts
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06/2006
9th Edition
Oxford University Press
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. Negligence: the basic principles of duty of care; 3. Breach of duty: the standard of care; 4. Causation and remoteness of damage; 5. Special duty problems: omissions; 6. Special duty problems:exercise of statutory powers; 7. Special duty problems: psychiatric injury; 8. Special duty problems: statements, services and economic loss; 9. Special duty problems: Acts and economic loss; 10. Special duty problems: contract and duty of care; 11. Special duty problems: defective structures; 12. Special duty problems: unborn children, wrongful life and wrongful birth; 13. Defences to negligence; 14. Damages for death and personal injuries; 15. Vicarious liability; 16. Breach of statutory duty; 17. Product liability; 18. Occupiers' liability; 19. Nuisance; 20. Liability for the escape of dangerous things; 21. Animals; 22. Trespass to the person; 23. Trespass to land; 24. Wrongful interference with goods; 25. Defamation; 26. Privacy and the intentional infliction of distress