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The Law of Torts In Australia, 5th Edition

The Law of Torts In Australia, 5th Edition

Author: Kit Barker; Peter Cane; Mark Lunney; Francis Trindade
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195572391
Published In: January 2012
Format: Paperback , 880 pages
Jurisdiction: Australia ? Disclaimer:
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Comprehensive: Gives underlying issues more depth, with more exploration of motivations & complexities.
Integrated discussion of defences and damages in chapters on Intentional Interferences with the Person, Land and Goods.
Up-to-date discussion and analysis of legislative reforms to negligence law, including damages, defences, proportionate liability and contribution, and the liability of public bodies.

The aim of the fifth edition of The Law of Torts in Australia, like that of the previous four, is to provide a distinctively Australian account of the most important parts of tort law, primarily for use by students. This edition is the most comprehensive offering; it goes into more depth than other texts, and explores motivations and complexities behind the principles of tort law, whilst challenging students to think critically about the law.

Readership: Undergraduate law students (first or second year).

Preface
Table of cases
Table of statutes
1: Introduction: Torts and Tort Law
2: Interference with the Person
3: Interference with Goods
4: Interference with Land
5: Nuisance
6: Interference with Pure Economic Interests
7: Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
8: Negligence: Negligent Conduct
9: Negligence and the Scope of the Obligation to Take Care: Duty of Care
10: Negligence and the Scope of the Obligation to Take Care: Causation and Consequences
11: Negligence: Two Applications
12: Defences to Torts Involving Negligence
13: Product Liability
14: Liability for Animals
15: Breach of Statutory Duty
16: Damages
17: Vicarious Liability
18: Multiple Tortfeasors: Liability and Contribution
19: Limitation of Actions
Index

Kit Barker - Associate Professor, Associate Dean (Research), TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland. Peter Cane - Professor, Director of Research, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University. Mark Lunney - Professor, College of Law, Australian National University. Francis Trindade - Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University.