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Casebook on Torts.
Casebook on Torts is essential reading for students new to studying tort law at undergraduate level, providing a comprehensive, portable library of the leading cases in the field. It presents an impressive range of carefully edited extracts, which clearly illustrate the essence and reasoning behind...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2012.
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| Edición: | 12th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; New to this Edition; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; Table of Statutory Instruments; Table of Foreign Legislation; Table of Treaties and Conventions; Table of European Secondary Legislation; 1 Introduction; SECTION 1: Examples of Torts; SECTION 2: The Aims of The Law of Torts; SECTION 3: Studying Torts; 2 Negligence: The Basic Principles of Duty of Care; SECTION 1: Proximity; SECTION 2: The Unforeseeable Claimant; SECTION 3: Policy Factors-'Fair and Reasonable'; 3 Breach of Duty: The Standard of Care.
- SECTION 1: The Reasonable Man-The Level of Reasonable RiskSECTION 2: The Skill of the Defendant; SECTION 3: Other Relevant Factors in the Standard of Care Owed; SECTION 4: A Statutory Version; 4 Causation and Remoteness of Damage; SECTION 1: Causation; SECTION 2: Remoteness of Damage; 5 Special Duty Problems: Omissions; 6 Special Duty Problems: Liability of Public Bodies; SECTION 1: The Common Law; SECTION 2: The Effect of The Human Rights Act 1998; 7 Special Duty Problems: Psychiatric Injury; SECTION 1: The Primary Victim; SECTION 2: The Secondary Victim.
- 8 Special Duty Problems: Statements, Services and Economic LossSECTION 1: By Whom a Duty Is Owed; SECTION 2: To Whom the Duty Is Owed; SECTION 3: Liability to Third Parties; SECTION 4: The Effect of a Clause Disclaiming Responsibility; 9 Special Duty Problems: Acts and Economic Loss; 10 Special Duty Problems: Contract and Duty of Care; SECTION 1: Concurrent Liability; SECTION 2: Liability to Third Parties; 11 Special Duty Problems: Defective Structures; 12 Special Duty Problems: Unborn Children, Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth; SECTION 1: Injuries to Unborn Children; SECTION 2: Wrongful Life.
- SECTION 3: Wrongful Birth13 Defences to Negligence; SECTION 1: Contributory Negligence; SECTION 2: Consent; SECTION 3: Exclusion Clauses and Notices; SECTION 4: Participating in an Unlawful Act; 14 Damages for Death and Personal Injuries; SECTION 1: Types of Action for Damages; SECTION 2: Calculation of Loss of Earnings; SECTION 3: Intangible Losses; 15 Vicarious Liability; SECTION 1: Who Is an Employee?; SECTION 2: Liability of the Employee; SECTION 3: The Course of Employment; SECTION 4: Liability for Independent Contractors; 16 Breach of Statutory Duty; 17 Product Liability.
- SECTION 1: Liability for NegligenceSECTION 2: Strict Liability; 18 Occupiers' Liability; SECTION 1: Occupiers' Liability and Negligence; SECTION 2: Who Is an Occupier?; SECTION 3: Who Is a Visitor?; SECTION 4: The Duty Owed to Visitors; SECTION 5: The Duty Owed to Trespassers and Other Non-Visitors; SECTION 6: Exclusion of Liability; 19 Nuisance; SECTION 1: Public and Private Nuisance; SECTION 2: Private Nuisance: The Interests Protected; SECTION 3: Reasonable User; SECTION 4: Who Is Liable?; SECTION 5: Remoteness of Damage; SECTION 6: Statutory Authority and Planning Permission.