Law of Tort MLC Pack

John Cooke (Autor)

Media-Kombination

615 Seiten

2010 | 9th edition
Longman
9781408259139 (ISBN)

Infos

John Cooke's Law of Tort, now in its ninth edition, is a trusted, clear and engaging explanation of the main principles of tort law, written specifically with the student in mind.



This book lights a path for the reader through the various issues, providing examples to explain difficult points. It also includes a state section at the end of the text and summaries of the main cases throughout, meaning that students have everything they need to gain a good understanding of the law at their fingertips.

Inhalt

Brief contents

Preface

Guided Tour

Table of Cases

Table of statutes and other statutory materials



Part 1 General principles of tort law

1 General principles



Part 2 The tort of negligence

2 General principles of negligence

3 Duty of care

4 Nervous shock

5 Economic loss

6 Omissions, third parties and public authorities

7 Breach of duty and proof of negligence

8 Causation and remoteness of damage

9 Defences to negligence



Part 3 Specific areas of negligence and breach of statutory duty

10 Defective premises

11 Defective products

12 Breach of statutory duty

13 Employer's liability

14 Medical negligence and related



Part 4 Torts based on land

15 Trespass to land

16 Nuisance

17 Rylands v Fletcher and liability for fire



Part 5 Miscellaneous torts

18 Liability for animals

19 Trespass to the person

20 Defamation

21 Privacy

22 Deceit, malicious falsehood and passing off



Part 6 Parties, defences and remedies

23 Vicarious liability

24 Joint and several liability

25 Limitation

26 General defences

27 Remedies



Part 7 Extracts from statutes



Index

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Harlow
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 190 x 244 mm
• Gewicht: 1270 g
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
• ISBN-13: 9781408259139 / 9781408259139
• Zustand: Neuware