David Howarth, Martin Matthews, Dr Jonathan Morgan (Cambridge Corpus Christi College)

Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law

Cases and Materials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on Tort. Taking a broadly contextual approach the book addresses all the main topics in tort law, is up-to-date, doctrinally sound, stimulating and highly readable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 7 ed
• Seitenzahl: 1248
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 178mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 1630g
• ISBN-13: 9781849465557
• ISBN-10: 184946555X
• Artikelnr.: 42420355

Autorenporträt

David Howarth, Fellow of Clare College and Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Cambridge. Martin Matthews, Emeritus Fellow of University College, Oxford. Jonathan Morgan, Fellow of Corpus Christi College and Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge. Janet O'Sullivan, Fellow of Selwyn College and Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge. Stelios Tofaris, Fellow of Girton College and Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge. Consultant Editor: Sir Bob Hepple KC LLD FBA, former Master of Clare College and Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Introduction 1 PART ONE: Principles and policy of negligence 1. An
action for damages in perspective 1 The Bradford football fire 2 Points for
discussion 3 Civil Justice Reforms and Funding of Civil Actions 2. The duty
of care 1 General Principles 2 Pure Omissions 3 Proximity and Failure to
Prevent Harm 3. Duty of care: special problems 1 Liability of Public
Authorities 2 Psychiatric Harm 3 Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth, and
the Unborn Child 4. Pure economic loss 1 The Origins of the Rule against
the Recovery of Negligently Caused Economic Loss 2 What Is Pure Economic
Loss? 3 The Hedley Byrne Exception 4 The Basis and Development of the
Hedley Byrne Exception 5 The Measure of Damages under Hedley Byrne: The
'Scope' of the Duty 5. Breach of duty 1 The Reasonable Person 2 Application
of the Standard of Care 3 Aids in Discharging the Burden of Proof 6.
Causation and Remoteness of Damage 1 Factual Causation 2 Selection among
Operative Factual Causes 3 Foreseeability of the Kind of Damage 4
Development of The Wagon Mound Doctrine 7. Defences : contributory
negligence , volenti non fit injuria , exclusion of liability, and
illegality and public policy 1 Contributory Negligence 2 Volenti non fit
injuria 3 Exclusion of Liability 4 Illegality and Public Policy 8.
Assessment of damages 1 The Aims of an Award of Damages 2 Personal Injuries
3 Property Damage PART TWO: SPECIFIC DU TIES AND INTERESTS 9. LIABILITY FOR
DEFECTIVE PREMISES 1 Occupiers' Liability 2 Non-occupiers' Liability for
Premises 10. Product Liability 1 Negligence 2 Statutory Liability 11.
Liability for animals 12. Breach of Statutory Duty 1 Express Creation of
New Torts 2 Express Exclusion of Civil Remedy 3 Creation of New Torts by
Judicial Interpretation of Statutes 4 The Scope of Protection 5 The
'Eurotort' 6 A Note on Health and Safety Legislation 13. Intentional
Interference with the Person 1 Trespass, Intention, and Negligence 2
Assault and Battery 3 False Imprisonment 4 The 'Tort in Wilkinson v Downton
' and Harassment 5 Defences 14. Interference with Land 1 Trespass to Land 2
Public Nuisance 3 Private Nuisance 4 Escape of Dangerous Things from Land 5
Fire 15. Intentional economic torts 1 Conspiracy 2 Inducing Breach of
Contract 3 Causing Loss by Unlawful Means-the 'Unlawful Means Tort' 4 The
Tort of Deceit 16. Interests in Reputation -Defamation 1 Defamation and
Freedom of Expression 2 Who Can Sue? 975 3 Words or Matter Defamatory of
the Claimant 4 The Distinction between Defamation and Malicious Falsehoods
5 Publication 6 Defences 7 Remedies 8 The Distinction between Libel and
Slander 17. Invasion of Privacy PART THREE: Loss Distribution 18. Vicarious
Liability 1 Justification for Vicarious Liability 2 Relationship of
Employer and Employee 3 Relationships beyond Employment 4 Connection
between the Relationship of the Tortfeasor and the Defendant and the Act of
the Tortfeasor 5 Liability for Independent Contractors 6 Employer's
Liability to Employees 19. Joint Liability 1 Joint Tortfeasance 2
Contribution between Tortfeasors 20. Insurance and Compensation 1 The
Relationship between Insurance and Tort Liability 2 Compulsory Insurance
Provisions 3 Motor Insurers' Bureau 4 The Settlement Process 5 Other
Compensation Systems 6 The Future of Compensation Further Reading