Street On Torts

by Murphy, John

• ISBN13: 9780406946829
• ISBN10: 0406946825
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Street on Torts has long been renowned for its clear and wide-ranging coverage of the law of torts, explaining clearly how torts actually work and the social purposes behind them. The new edition continues to cover the whole range of torts including particularly governmental liability, economic loss, damages, nuisance, standard of care in professional negligence, psychiatric harm and wrongful birth. It also takes account of the growing importance of the Human Rights Act in tort issues.

Author Biography

John Murphy is a senior lecturer at Manchester University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Table of statutes
Table of cases
Introduction
The law of torts	p. 3
Intentional invasions of interests in person and property
Intentional torts today	p. 23
Trespass to the person and related torts	p. 31
Wrongful interference with goods	p. 47
Trespass to land	p. 73
Defences to the intentional torts	p. 85
Intentional interference with economic interests
Interference with economic interests	p. 113
False representations	p. 119
Interference with contract or trade	p. 145
Intellectual property interests	p. 169
Negligent invasions of interests in person and property and economic interests
Duty of care I: foundational principles	p. 177
Duty of care II: recognised harm	p. 215
Breach of duty	p. 247
Causation	p. 281
Defences to negligence	p. 307
Liability for defective premises and structures	p. 331
Invasions of interests in person and property where intentional or negligent conduct need not always be proved
Product liability	p. 367
Nuisance	p. 387
Rylands v Fletcher	p. 431
Animals	p. 451
Breach of statutory duty	p. 457
Interests in reputation - defamation
Defamation: foundational principles	p. 477
Defences and remedies in defamation	p. 501
Misuse of process
Misuse of process	p. 539
Remedies and parties
Vicarious liability	p. 551
Remedies	p. 577
Compensation for personal injuries and associated losses	p. 593
Extinction of remedies	p. 621
Capacity and parties	p. 637
Convention rights	p. 663
Defamation Act 1996	p. 669
Index	p. 673
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