Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law
by Deakin, Simon; Johnston, Angus; Markesinis QC, BasilEdition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-11-11
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
This new edition of Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law has been substantially revised and updated to provide a general overview of the law of tort for students and their lecturers, while including critical commentary and comparative and economic angles which will also be of interest topractitioners and judges. Key recent developments, including the impact of the Human Rights Act, are given clear coverage.
Author Biography
Professor Simon Deakin is Robert Monks Professor of Corporate Governance and a Fellow of Peterhouse at the University of Cambridge. Mr Angus Johnston is Tutor and Director of Studies in Law, Trinity Hall, Cambridge; and Newton Trust Affiliated Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge. Professor Sir Basil Markesinis QC is Professor of Common and Civil Law at University College London, and Jamail Regents Chair of Law, University of Texas.
Table of Contents
| Setting the scene | |
| Introduction | |
| The tort of negligence | |
| Establishing liability in principle | |
| Other elements of liability | |
| An American perspective on negligence | |
| Special forms of negligence | |
| Liability of occupiers and builders | |
| Breach of statutory duty | |
| Liability of statutory bodies | |
| Interference with the person | |
| Intentional interference | |
| Malicious prosecution | |
| Land and chattels and intentional interference with economic interests | |
| Interference with chattels | |
| Land | |
| Lesser interferences with land nuisance | |
| Deceit | |
| The economic torts | |
| Stricter forms of liability | |
| The rule of Rylands v Fletcher | |
| Liability for animals | |
| Employer's liability | |
| Vicarious liability | |
| Product liability | |
| Protection of human dignity (in private law) | |
| Defamation and injurious falsehood | |
| Privacy | |
| Defamation and privacy: the American perspective | |
| Defences and remedies | |
| Defences | |
| Damages | |
| Other remedies and multiple liabilities | |
| Index | |
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