Law of Tort, 15th edition

Published by Pearson (July 5, 2024) © 2024

  • John Cooke

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Enhance Your Understanding of Tort Law with This Powerful Digital Tool

Enhance your understanding of tort law with Law of Tort, 15th Edition, a comprehensive eTextbook designed to support your learning and the ideal support for LLB or GDL/SQE1 students.

This updated digital edition helps you develop your skills and apply tort law to real-life problem scenarios through activities, self-tests, and writing practice. With clear, engaging coverage of core principles and key concepts, this eTextbook encourages you to debate key issues and build legal arguments.

Packed with learning tools, this text is ideal for undergraduate students, helping you build a solid foundation in tort law

Table of contents

  • Chapter 1: General principles
  • Chapter 2: The tort of negligence – duty of care
  • Chapter 3: Psychiatric damage
  • Chapter 4: Economic loss
  • Chapter 5: Liability for omissions and third parties 
  • Chapter 6: Liability for public authorities
  • Chapter 7: Breach of duty and proof of negligence
  • Chapter 8: Causation and remoteness of damage
  • Chapter 9: Defences to negligence
  • Chapter 10: Occupiers' Liability
  • Chapter 11: Trespass to land
  • Chapter 12: Nuisance
  • Chapter 13: Rylands v Fletcher and liability for fire
  • Chapter 14: Trespass to the person
  • Chapter 15: Vicarious liability
  • Chapter 16: Defamation
  • Chapter 17: Privacy – Tort of misuse of private information
  • Chapter 18: Remedies

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