Tort law
By: Nicholas J. McBride and Roderick Bagshaw.
Contributors: Bagshaw, Roderick.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Harlow, Essex, England; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405859493
Subjects: Torts -- England
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a tort?; title: An overview of tort law; title: Tort law and its critics; title: Duties of care: an introduction; title: The legacy of Donoghue v Stevenson; title: The principle in Hedley Byrne and associated principles; title: Situations giving rise to a duty to act; title: Statuses giving rise to a duty to act; title: Duties of care: evaluation of the current law; title: Breach of duty; title: Assault and battery; title: False imprisonment; title: Defamation; title: Harassment; title: Invasion of privacy; title: Conversion; title: Trespass to goods; title: Trespass to land; title: Private nuisance; title: Inducing a breach of contract; title: Intentional infliction of harm by unlawful means; title: Conspiracy; title: Torts involving the deception of others; title: Torts involving the misuse of power; title: Tortsinvolving the breach of a statutory duty; title: Limits on the right to sue; title: Causation of loss; title: Actionability; title: Quantification of loss; title: Reduction in liability; title: Liability to third parties; title: Accessory liability; title: Vicarious liability; title: Nominal damages; title: Aggravated damages; title: Exemplary damages; title: Gain-based damages; title: Damages for conversion; title: Injunction; title: Specific restitution of goods; title: The Human Rights Act 1998; title: Liability for dangerous things; title: The Consumer Protection Act 1987; title: Public nuisance; title: Loss compensation schemes.