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Street on Torts
By
John Murphy
Description
* Structure
maps onto typical undergraduate courses, allowing students to read
the book chapter by chapter as they work through their course and
consolidate their learning from lectures
* Gives
particular weight to topics most frequently taught on undergraduate
law courses, giving students all the essential material in one volume
* This edition
has been substantially rewritten by John Murphy, providing students
with a fresh approach to this classic text
* Street on
Torts is now accompanied by a website with twice-yearly updates to
keep the subject up to date, giving students easy access to key
developments in the law
* Tried and
tested by generations of students, Street on Torts can be trusted to
provide a clear and accurate explanation of tort law
New to this edition
* Includes
coverage of the Compensation Act 2006
* Contains a
new chapter on privacy and confidentiality
* Further
reading sections have been added to the end of each chapter
* The book is
accompanied by a new Online Resource Centre providing twice-yearly
updates
* Chapters
have been reordered and rewritten to map onto typical undergraduate
courses
Tried and tested
by generations of students, Street on Torts can be trusted to provide
a clear and accurate explanation of tort law. In this edition, John
Murphy has thoroughly rewritten the book to bring a fresh and
readable style to this classic text.
Students new to
tort law can read treet chapter by chapter as they work through their
lectures: the book has been substantially restructured to map closely
to a typical undergraduate law course and provides all the essential
material in one volume. Street\\\'s broad coverage has been maintained
to ensure it appeals to a wide range of institutions as a main course
text. This edition provides a strong anaylsis of case law, explaining
how torts actually work and examining the social purposes behind
them.
The importance of
the Human Rights Act is traced thoughout the book, and a new chapter
has been included on the misuse of private information to reflect
this rapidly developing area of the law. Further reading sections
have been added to the end of each chapter.
Online Resource Centre
The twelfth
edition of Street on Torts is accompanied by an Online Resource
Centre providing twice-yearly updates, giving students easy access to
key developments in the law.
Readership:
Suitable for undergraduate students taking a module in tort law as
part of a LLB degree course.
Contents
Part I. Introduction
1. Overview of the
law of torts
Part II. Negligent invasions of
interests in the person, property, and economic interests
2. Duty of care I:
foundational principles
3. Duty of care
II: recognised harm
4. Breach of duty
5. Causation and
remoteness
6. Defences to
negligence
7. Liability for
defective premises and structures
Part III. Intentional invasions of
interests in the person and property
8. Trespass to the
person and related torts
9. Wrongful
interference with goods
10. Trespass to
land
11. Defences to
intentional torts against the person or property
Part IV. Interference with economic
and intellectual property interests and related actions
12. Interference
with economic and intellectual property interests: background issues
13. False
representations
14. The economic
torts and associated causes of action
15. Misuse of
private information
Part V. Torts involving strict or
stricter liability
16. Product
liability
17. Nuisance
18. The rule in
Rylands v Fletcher
19. Animals
20. Breach of
statutory duty
Part VI. Interests in reputation -
defamation
21. Defamation:
foundational principles
22. Defences and
remedies in defamation
Part VII. Misuse of process
23. Misuse of
process
Part VIII. Parties and remedies
24. Vicarious
liability
25. Capacity and
parties
26. Remedies in
tort: basic principles
27. Principles of
compensation for personal injuries and associated losses
Index.
Authors, editors, and contributors
John Murphy,
Reader in Law, University of Manchester
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