Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law 6th Edition

The academic perspectives combined with a highly readable style encourages reflection and analysis, aiding students to develop these increasingly important cutting-edge skills

Unlike many other textbooks, contains a chapter on defences and remedies, broadening the students' knowledge and giving them a more rounded understanding of the law of torts

New to this edition

Chapters have not just been updated but extensively re-written to incorporate new material and new ideas

Key recent developments, including the growing impact of the Human Rights Act, are given clear coverage

The material has been broken down into a greater number of smaller chapters to allow teachers and students to focus on those subjects they wish to study

Judicial views, while given due deference, are often reviewed critically in order to make readers think and reflect more about the state of the law

Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law is an authoritative, analytical, and well-established textbook, reaching its sixth edition in the space of twenty years. It provides a general overview of the law and full discussion of the academic debates on all major topics, highlighting the relationship between the common law, legislation, and judicial policy as well as the new European influences emanating from Luxembourg and Strasbourg. In addition, the authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives on the law of tort and its likely development, always placing the subject in its socio-economic context thus giving students a deeper and richer understanding of tort law.

Written by leading authorities on tort law, this detailed book offers teachers a wide range of topics to cover while offering students a text which is both descriptive and reflective of this branch of law. A bibliography and rich footnotes provide interested readers with further references.

Readership: Suitable for students as well as academics and practitioners of tort law.