Torts, 4th Edition

Author: Alastair Mullis; Ken Oliphant
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan_
ISBN: 9780230576759
Published In: May 2011
Format: Paperback , 432 pages
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The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors.

The previous editions of Torts were highly regarded for their clarity of explanation and engaging writing style, and this new fourth edition fully retains each of these qualities. The text has been extensively revised and updated, and there is a new chapter on privacy. The enhanced layout includes end of chapter summaries and self-test exercises and an extensive bibliography. This is therefore an ideal companion to the subject for both law undergraduates and GDL/CPE students.

Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Introduction

PART I: THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE

Introduction
The Duty of Care Concept
Nervous Shock
Economic Loss
Omissions
Special Duty Problems: Particular Parties
Breach of the Duty of Care
Causation
Remoteness of Damage
Defences

PART II: INTERFERENCE WITH THE PERSON AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Interference with the Person and Personal Property
Occupiers' Liability
Product Liability
Breach of Statutory Duty
Trespass to the Person

PART III: INTERFERENCE WITH LAND

Introduction
Private Nuisance
The Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher

PART IV: INTERFERENCE WITH REPUTATION

Defamation
Privacy

PART V: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TORTIOUS LIABILITY

Vicarious Liability and Joint Torts
Remedies

ALASTAIR MULLIS is Professor of Law and Head of the Law School at the University of East Anglia. He has written widely on the subject of Tort Law, particularly on the law of defamation, and he is the joint General Editor ofCarter-Ruck on Libel and Privacy.

KEN OLIPHANT is Director of the Institute for European Tort Law at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and Professor of Tort Law at the University of Bristol. His many writings in the area include the revision and updating of the title on Tort for the fifth edition of Halsbury's Laws of England.

'Mullis and Oliphant's textbook deconstructs this notoriously difficult subject in a way that makes it readily comprehensible and, unlike other similarly accessible textbooks, it manages to do this without glossing over the many inconsistencies in the relevant case law. Tort textbooks tend to fall into two categories: the simple but basic and the advanced but dense. With this one, the reader has access to the best of both worlds.' – Dr Claire McIvor, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham