Tort / Personal Injury

Street on Torts, 16th Edition

By Christian Witting
Oxford University Press May 2021

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780198865506
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
May 2021
Format
Paperback , 824 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • incisive treatment of the law of torts building upon decades of scholarly work
  • focus on key concepts and clear explanations
  • content mapped closely to undergraduate courses

 

Tried and tested by generations of students, Street on Torts provides a wide-ranging, clear and accurate explanation of the law of torts. Witting incorporates the latest learning on each of the torts covered in this book to provide a thoughtful account of the purposes, rules, and operation of the law.

Coverage has been closely mapped to undergraduate law courses around the UK. 

Readership: Suitable for undergraduate students taking a module in tort law as part of the LLB degree course.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction
1.: Overview of tort law
Part II. Negligent invasions of personal, property, and financial interests
2.: Duty of care I: foundational principles
3.: Duty of care II: recognised harm
4.: Duty of care III: public authorities
5.: Breach of duty
6.: Causation and remoteness
7.: Defences to negligence
8.: Liability for defective premises and structures
Part III. Intentional invasions of interests in the person and property
9.: Trespass to the person and related torts
10.: Wrongful interference with goods
11.: Trespass to land
12.: Defences to intentional torts against the person or property
Part IV. Interference with economic and intellectual property interests
13.: Background to the protection of economic and intellectual property interests
14.: False representations
15.: The general economic torts
Part V. Torts involving strict or stricter liability
16.: Product liability
17.: Nuisance
18.: The rule in Rylands v Fletcher
19.: Breach of statutory duty
Part VI. Interests in reputation: defamation
20.: Defamation: foundational principles
21.: Defences and remedies in defamation
Part VII. Misuse of private information
22.: Misuse of private information
Part VIII. Misuse of process and public powers
23.: Misuse of process and public powers
Part IX. Parties and remedies
24.: Vicarious liability
25.: Capacity and parties
26.: Remedies: basic principles
27.: Principles of compensation for personal injuries and associated losses
Appendix
Additional chapter on ORC: Animals

About the Author

Christian Witting is Professor of Law at the University of Exeter and a Fellow of the European Centre for Tort and Insurance Law, Vienna. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of Australia, formerly in service with the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. Witting is the author of Liability for Negligent Misstatements(OUP) and of highly regarded articles on tort law and company law.

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"One of the best textbooks in the area. An authoritative volume which presents a very clear explanation of the essential issues of tort law. - Dr Peter Whelan, Associate Professor in Law, University of Leeds

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