Tort law
What is a tort? -- An overview of tort law -- Tort law and its critics -- Duties of care: an introduction -- The legacy of Donoghue v Stevenson -- The principle in Hedley Byrne and associated principles -- Situations giving rise to a duty to act -- Statuses giving rise to a duty to act -- Duties of...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Harlow, Munich u.a.
Pearson Longman
c 2008
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| Ausgabe: | 3rd ed |
| Schriftenreihe: | Longman law series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | What is a tort? -- An overview of tort law -- Tort law and its critics -- Duties of care: an introduction -- The legacy of Donoghue v Stevenson -- The principle in Hedley Byrne and associated principles -- Situations giving rise to a duty to act -- Statuses giving rise to a duty to act -- Duties of care: evaluation of the current law -- Breach of duty -- Assault and battery -- False imprisonment -- Defamation -- Harassment -- Invasion of privacy -- Conversion -- Trespass to goods -- Trespass to land -- Private nuisance -- Inducing a breach of contract -- Intentional infliction of harm by unlawful means -- Conspiracy -- Torts involving the deception of others -- Torts involving the misuse of power -- Tortsinvolving the breach of a statutory duty -- Limits on the right to sue -- Causation of loss -- Actionability -- Quantification of loss -- Reduction in liability -- Liability to third parties -- Accessory liability -- Vicarious liability -- Nominal damages -- Aggravated damages -- Exemplary damages -- Gain-based damages -- Damages for conversion -- Injunction -- Specific restitution of goods -- The Human Rights Act 1998 -- Liability for dangerous things -- The Consumer Protection Act 1987 -- Public nuisance -- Loss compensation schemes |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Previous ed.: 2005 |
| Beschreibung: | LVIII, 847 S. Ill. 24cm Ill. |
| ISBN: | 1405859490 1-4058-5949-0 9781405859493 978-1-4058-5949-3 |