Name: Tort Law By Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)
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Tort Law Summary

Tort Law by Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

This best-selling undergraduate textbook from leading academics Kirsty Horsey & Erika Rackley gives a comprehensive grounding in tort law and carefully chosen learning features help students to become engaged and critical thinkers. This lively and thought-provoking account allows students to understand rather than simply learn the law. The problem questions in each chapter help students to understand how the law works in its practical context and to begin to consider potential issues and debates. Carefully chosen features such as 'counterpoint' and 'pause for reflection' boxes enable students to think more deeply and critically about the law. Digital formats and resources The sixth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. - The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks - The extensive online resources that accompany the text include: - Downloadable annotated judgments, statutes, and problem questions - Outline answers to questions in the book - Annotated web links to external web resources and videos - Flashcard glossary of legal terms used in the book - Additional content on elements of a claim in the tort of negligence and on product liability - Test bank of 200 questions and answers for lecturers' use in assessing students

About Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

Kirsty Horsey is Senior Lecturer in Law at Kent Law School, teaching contract and tort law to undergraduate students across all years. Her research interests lie in the overlap of medical and family law, particularly in the area of assisted reproduction, and in public bodies' liability for negligence. In 2007, Kirsty was the joint recipient of the Barbara Morris Learning Support Prize, awarded by the University of Kent for teaching excellence. Erika Rackley is a Professor of Law at Kent Law School. Her research interests are broadly in the field of feminism, gender and law, particularly in relation to judicial diversity. Her research has shaped and informed policy and public debate and has been discussed by the UK and Scottish governments, in The Guardian, and on BBC Radio 4's Women's Hour and Law in Action. Her book, Women, Judging and the Judiciary: From Difference to Diversity, won the Society of Legal Scholars Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship in 2013. In 2015, she was appointed as a British Academy Mid-Career Fellow.

1: Introduction Part I. The Tort of Negligence 2: Introduction to the tort of negligence 3: Duty of care: basic principles 4: Special duty problems: omissions and acts of third parties 5: Special duty problems: psychiatric harm 6: Special duty problems: public bodies 7: Special duty problems: economic loss 8: Breach of duty: the standard of care 9: Causation and remoteness of damage 10: Defences to negligence Part II. Special Liability Regimes 11: Occupiers' liability 12: Product liability 13: Employers' liability 14: Breach of statutory duty Part III. The Personal Torts 15: Intentional interferences with the person 16: Invasion of privacy 17: Defamation Part IV. The Land Torts 18: Trespass to land and nuisance 19: Actions under the rule of Rylands v Fletcher Part V. Liability, Damages and Limitations 20: Vicarious Liability 21: Damages for death and personal injuries Appendix: Annotated problem questions

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GOR010234614

ISBN 13

9780198829270

ISBN 10

0198829272

Title

Tort Law by Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

Author

Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

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Paperback

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Oxford University Press

Year published

20190805

Number of pages

752

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Tort Law Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

Tort Law by Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

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Tort Law Summary

Tort Law by Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

About Kirsty Horsey (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent)

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