Tort Law Directions

Description

A considered balance of depth, detail, context, and critique, Tort Law Directions offers the most student-friendly guide to the subject; empowering students to evaluate the law, understand its practical application, and approach assessments with confidence.

• Gain a complete understanding of the topic: we won't overload or leave your students short, just the right amount of detail conveyed clearly
• Understand the law in context: with scene-setting introductions and highlighted case extracts, the practical importance of the law becomes clear
• Identify when and how to critically evaluate the law: we'll introduce the key areas of debate and give your students the confidence to question the law
• Direct and consolidate their knowledge: visually engaging learning and self-testing features aid understanding and help your students tackle assessments with confidence
• Elevate their learning: with the ground-work in place your students can aspire to take their learning to the next level, the authors provide direction on going further
• Also available as an e-book with functionality, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support

New to this edition

• A new Key Cases feature at the end of each chapter suggests the key cases with which students should be familiar for each topic. In the e-book and Law Trove versions, these are linked directly to the case reports on the British and Irish Legal Information Institute website.
• Legal updates include Kahn v Meadows and Manchester Building Society v Grant Thornton on the scope of liability and the consequential impact on damages; White Lion Hotel v James on risk assessment in occupier's liability; and Corbyn v Millet on the meaning of defamation.

About the Author(s)

Carol Brennan, Teaching Fellow on the Undergraduate Laws Programme, University of London

Table of Contents

1:Tort: Law and system
2:Negligence: duty of care
3:Breach of duty
4:Negligence: causation
5:Negligence: duty of care problem areas
6:Defences to negligence
7:Negligence: occupiers' liability
8:Employers' liability and non-delegable duties
9:Vicarious liability
10:Product liability
11:Trespass to the person and to land
12:Nuisance
13:Rylands v Fletcher
14:Elements of defamation
15:Defences to defamation
16:Privacy and misuse of private information
17:Remedies and limitation

Additional Resources

Digital formats and resources
The 8th edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.
-The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks
-The online resources include: guidance on answering the questions in the book, podcasts introducing the issues covered in each chapter, bi-annual updates on the latest key developments in tort law, and self-test questions with instant feedback, providing an opportunity for students to test and consolidate their learning.