Torts

by Alastair Mullis, Ken Oliphant

Overview

The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors.

The previous editions of Torts were highly regarded for their clarity of explanation and engaging writing style, and this new fourth edition fully retains each of these qualities. The text has been extensively revised and updated, and there is a new chapter on privacy. The enhanced layout includes end of chapter summaries and self-test exercises and an extensive bibliography. This is therefore an ideal companion to the subject for both law undergraduates and GDL/CPE students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230345690
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	05/06/2011
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	680 KB

About the Author

ALASTAIR MULLIS is Professor of Law and Head of the Law School at the University of East Anglia. He has written widely on the subject of Tort Law, particularly on the law of defamation, and he is the joint General Editor of Carter-Ruck on Libel and Privacy.

KEN OLIPHANT is Director of the Institute for European Tort Law at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, and Professor of Tort Law at the University of Bristol. His many writings in the area include the revision and updating of the title on Tort for the fifth edition of Halsbury's Laws of England.
ALASTAIR MULLIS is Professor at the Norwich Law School, University of East Anglia, UK. He was previously at King's College London.

KEN OLIPHANT is Professor of Tort Law and Head of the Research Institute for European Tort Law, Vienna, Austria.

Table of Contents

Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Introduction
PART ONE: THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE
Introduction
The Duty of Care Concept
Nervous Shock
Economic Loss
Omissions
Special Duty Problems: Particular Parties
Breach of the Duty of Care
Causation
Remoteness of Damage
Defences
PART TWO: INTERFERENCE WITH THE PERSON AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Interference with the Person and Personal Property
Occupiers' Liability
Product Liability
Breach of Statutory Duty
Trespass to the Person
PART THREE: INTERFERENCE WITH LAND
Introduction
Private Nuisance
The Rule in Rylands v. Fletcher
PART FOUR: INTERFERENCE WITH REPUTATION
Defamation
Privacy
PART FIVE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TORTIOUS LIABILITY
Vicarious Liability and Joint Torts
Remedies

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Mullis and Oliphant's textbook deconstructs this notoriously difficult subject in a way that makes it readily comprehensible and, unlike other similarly accessible textbooks, it manages to do this without glossing over the many inconsistencies in the relevant case law. Tort textbooks tend to fall into two categories: the simple but basic and the advanced but dense. With this textbook, the reader has access to the best of both worlds.' – Dr Claire McIvor, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham

Review of previous edition: 'Just to say that I am very happy that a new edition is being considered and to add a plea to Palgrave not to change a thing about this excellent textbook. Perhaps this might have gone somewhere in the text above, but one of the key features of Mullis and Oliphant is its simple no-nonsense non-singing and dancing format. It is not riddled with 'pause for thoughts' or ghastly coloured boxes with 'key issues' in them or diagrams that attempt to reduce to the subject down. It is what it is, and that is a very well-written book by two incredibly knowledgeable and authoritative experts.' – Extract from (anonymous) peer reviews conducted in 2013