Tort law :
Lunney, Mark.
Tort law : text and materials / Mark Lunney and Ken Oliphant. - 4th ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - lvi, 999 p. ; 25 cm.
General introduction -- Intentional interference with the person -- Negligence : introduction -- Breach of duty -- Causation and remoteness -- Defences to negligence -- Negligence : duty of care : psychiatric illness -- Negligence : duty of care : economic loss -- Negligence : duty of care : omissions and acts of third parties -- Negligence : duty of care : public bodies -- Special liability regimes -- Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- Defamation -- Privacy -- Vicarious liability -- Damages for personal injury -- Death and damages -- How tort works.
"The fourth edition of this celebrated book brings together a selection of carefully chosen extracts from cases and materials with insightful author text. Each section begins with a clear overview of the law, followed by illustrating extracts from case law and from government reports and scholarly literature, which are supported by the authors' expert explanation and analysis. Opportunities for further research are highlighted by the many suggestions for additional readings that are woven throughout the text. This approach enables students to gain a rich and contextual understanding of the law of tort. Online Resource Centre An Online Resource Centre supports the book, providing updates to the law and a test bank of multiple choice questions"--
9780199571802 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010018308
Torts--England.
Torts--Wales.
/ .L86 2010
346.4203 LUN
Tort law : text and materials / Mark Lunney and Ken Oliphant. - 4th ed. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - lvi, 999 p. ; 25 cm.
General introduction -- Intentional interference with the person -- Negligence : introduction -- Breach of duty -- Causation and remoteness -- Defences to negligence -- Negligence : duty of care : psychiatric illness -- Negligence : duty of care : economic loss -- Negligence : duty of care : omissions and acts of third parties -- Negligence : duty of care : public bodies -- Special liability regimes -- Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- Defamation -- Privacy -- Vicarious liability -- Damages for personal injury -- Death and damages -- How tort works.
"The fourth edition of this celebrated book brings together a selection of carefully chosen extracts from cases and materials with insightful author text. Each section begins with a clear overview of the law, followed by illustrating extracts from case law and from government reports and scholarly literature, which are supported by the authors' expert explanation and analysis. Opportunities for further research are highlighted by the many suggestions for additional readings that are woven throughout the text. This approach enables students to gain a rich and contextual understanding of the law of tort. Online Resource Centre An Online Resource Centre supports the book, providing updates to the law and a test bank of multiple choice questions"--
9780199571802 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2010018308
Torts--England.
Torts--Wales.
/ .L86 2010
346.4203 LUN