Tort Law

by Catherine Elliott (Author), Frances Quinn (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $3.34

  First or second year LLB courses in tort law in law departments. One-year full-time or two-year part-time CPE or Diploma courses in law departments. Any introductory course on the law of tort. A popular and established student-oriented textbook on tort that covers the subject comprehensively but concisely and offers a clear explanation of the law of tort without lowering the quality of the content. The book examines the principles behind the subject and looks at some of the issues and debates arising from it. The material is presented in a systematic and logical order for learning and revision, with clear page design and headings.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.34

  This book aims to provide a clear explanation of tort law. As well as setting out the law itself the authors examine the principles behind it, and discuss some of the issues and debates arising from it. It contains all the key areas of tort law - such as negligence, nuisance and trespass - along with topical debates in those fields. Recent developments that are considered include the litigation arising from the Hillsborough football disaster and the case of Page v Smith (1995); the future of the tort of nuisance in the light of the case brought by residents of East London during the Docklands development; the Court of Appeal's attempt to reduce future awards for defamation in the litigation between Elton John and the Sunday Mirror and the unsuccessful actions for defamation brought by the various Members of Parliament; the legal position of professional rescuers following the case of Frost v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (1995) and the implications of the case of X v Bedfordshire County Council (1995).