David Howarth, Martin Matthews, Jonathan Morgan, Janet O'Sullivan, Stelios Tofaris

Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law (eBook, ePUB)

Cases and Materials

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

New to Hart Publishing, this is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on tort, the first of its kind in the UK, and for many years now a bestselling and very popular text for students. This new edition retains all the features that have made it such a popular and respected text, with extensive commentary, questions and notes supplementing the selection of cases and statutes which form the core of the book. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 1056
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782255093
• Artikelnr.: 44170580

Autorenporträt

David Howarth, Fellow of Clare College and Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Cambridge.

Photograph courtesy of 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