Civil Liability for Animals
1st Edition
Published on 12. January 2012
241 pages
978-0-19-163512-0 (ISBN)
Description
Addresses civil liability for harm done by animals including dangerous and non-dangerous species, straying livestock, animals on the highway, and special provisions relating to dogs. The book analyses the operation of the 1971 Animals Act along with the significant body of relevant case law.
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Peter North
Civil Liability for Animals
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01/2012
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Oxford University Press
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Table of Secondary Legislation
- 1. Introduction
- 1. The Common Law
- 2. The Movement for Reform
- 3. The Four Problem Areas
- 4. Reform Elsewhere
- 5. The Animals Act 1971
- 2. Strict Liability for Dangerous Animals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. What is an Animal?
- 3. What is a Species?
- 4. Who is Liable?
- 5. Liability for Animals of a Dangerous Species
- 6. Liability for Animals of a Non-dangerous Species
- 7. Escape of a Dangerous Animal
- 8. Defences
- 3. Statutory Liability for Straying Livestock
- 1. The Animals in Question Must Fall within the Definition of 'Livestock'
- 2. Parties to the Claim
- 3. Scope of the Claim
- 4. Strict Liability
- 5. Actionability
- 6. Remoteness of Damage
- 7. Defences
- 8. Detention of Straying Livestock
- 4. Fencing and Straying Animals
- 1. The Obligation to Fence
- 2. Standard of the Obligation
- 3. Effects of the Failure to Fence
- 5. Animals and the Highway
- 1. Negligence
- 2. Nuisance
- 3. Trespass and Liability for Straying Livestock
- 4. Breach of Statutory Duty
- 6. Liability at Common Law
- 1. Trespass
- 2. Nuisance
- 3. Rylands v Fletcher Liability
- 4. Negligence
- 5. Occupiers' Liability
- 7. Special Provisions Relating to Dogs
- 1. Liability for Harm Done by Dogs
- 2. Protection of Livestock against Dogs
- Appendix: The Animals Act 1971
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
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