Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law

Cases and Materials
7. Auflage Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-84946-555-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 1248 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1566 g

New to Hart Publishing, this is the seventh edition of the classic casebook on tort, the first of its kind in the UK, and for many years now a bestselling and very popular text for students. This new edition retains all the features that have made it such a popular and respected text, with extensive commentary, questions and notes supplementing the selection of cases and statutes which form the core of the book. Taking a broadly contextual approach, the book addresses all the main topics in tort law, is up-to-date, doctrinally sound, stimulating and highly readable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howarth, David

Matthews, Martin

Morgan, Jonathan (Corpus Christi College

Morgan, Jonathan

O'Sullivan, Janet (University of Cambridge

O'Sullivan, Janet

Tofaris, Stelios (University of Cambridge

Tofaris, Stelios

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hepple, Bob

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Introduction 1
PART ONE: Principles and policy of negligence
1. An action for damages in perspective

1 The Bradford football fire

2 Points for discussion

3 Civil Justice Reforms and Funding of Civil Actions

2. The duty of care

1 General Principles

2 Pure Omissions

3 Proximity and Failure to Prevent Harm

3. Duty of care: special problems

1 Liability of Public Authorities

2 Psychiatric Harm

3 Wrongful Conception, Wrongful Birth, and the Unborn Child

4. Pure economic loss
1 The Origins of the Rule against the Recovery of Negligently Caused Economic Loss

2 What Is Pure Economic Loss?

3 The Hedley Byrne Exception

4 The Basis and Development of the Hedley Byrne Exception

5 The Measure of Damages under Hedley Byrne: The 'Scope' of the Duty

5. Breach of duty

1 The Reasonable Person

2 Application of the Standard of Care

3 Aids in Discharging the Burden of Proof

6. Causation and Remoteness of Damage

1 Factual Causation

2 Selection among Operative Factual Causes

3 Foreseeability of the Kind of Damage

4 Development of The Wagon Mound Doctrine

7. Defences: contributory negligence, volenti non fit injuria, exclusion of liability, and
illegality and public policy

1 Contributory Negligence

2 Volenti non fit injuria

3 Exclusion of Liability

4 Illegality and Public Policy

8. Assessment of damages

1 The Aims of an Award of Damages

2 Personal Injuries

3 Property Damage

PART TWO: SPECIFIC DU TIES AND INTERESTS

9. LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PREMISES

1 Occupiers' Liability

2 Non-occupiers' Liability for Premises

10. Product Liability

1 Negligence

2 Statutory Liability

11. Liability for animals

12. Breach of Statutory Duty

1 Express Creation of New Torts

2 Express Exclusion of Civil Remedy

3 Creation of New Torts by Judicial Interpretation of Statutes

4 The Scope of Protection

5 The 'Eurotort'

6 A Note on Health and Safety Legislation

13. Intentional Interference with the Person

1 Trespass, Intention, and Negligence

2 Assault and Battery

3 False Imprisonment

4 The 'Tort in Wilkinson v Downton' and Harassment

5 Defences

14. Interference with Land

1 Trespass to Land

2 Public Nuisance

3 Private Nuisance

4 Escape of Dangerous Things from Land

5 Fire

15. Intentional economic torts

1 Conspiracy

2 Inducing Breach of Contract

3 Causing Loss by Unlawful Means-the 'Unlawful Means Tort'

4 The Tort of Deceit

16. Interests in Reputation -Defamation

1 Defamation and Freedom of Expression

2 Who Can Sue? 975
3 Words or Matter Defamatory of the Claimant

4 The Distinction between Defamation and Malicious Falsehoods

5 Publication

6 Defences

7 Remedies

8 The Distinction between Libel and Slander

17. Invasion of Privacy

PART THREE: Loss Distribution

18. Vicarious Liability

1 Justification for Vicarious Liability

2 Relationship of Employer and Employee

3 Relationships beyond Employment

4 Connection between the Relationship of the Tortfeasor and the Defendant and the Act of the Tortfeasor

5 Liability for Independent Contractors

6 Employer's Liability to Employees

19. Joint Liability

1 Joint Tortfeasance

2 Contribution between Tortfeasors

20. Insurance and Compensation

1 The Relationship between Insurance and Tort Liability

2 Compulsory Insurance Provisions

3 Motor Insurers' Bureau

4 The Settlement Process

5 Other Compensation Systems

6 The Future of Compensation

Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Hepple, Bob
Sir Bob Hepple KC, FBA was Emeritus Master of Clare College and Emeritus Professor of Law in the University of Cambridge. He was Honorary President of the Industrial Law Society and of the Equal Rights Trust. In 2013 the international Labour Law Research Network gave him an award for distinguished career contribution to labour law, and in 2014 he was awarded the South African Order of Luthuli (Gold) for his exceptional contribution to the struggle for human rights and democracy.

Matthews, Martin
Martin Matthews, Emeritus Fellow of University College, Oxford.

O'Sullivan, Janet
Janet O'Sullivan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow and the Vice-Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, UK.

Photograph courtesy of University of Cambridge.

Howarth, David
David Howarth, Fellow of Clare College and Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Cambridge.

Photograph courtesy of University of Cambridge.

Morgan, Jonathan
Jonathan Morgan is Reader in English Law, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, UK.

Tofaris, Stelios
Stelios Tofaris is Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK.

Photograph courtesy of University of Cambridge.

David Howarth, Fellow of Clare College and Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Cambridge.
Martin Matthews, Emeritus Fellow of University College, Oxford.
Jonathan Morgan, Fellow of Corpus Christi College and Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge.
Janet O'Sullivan, Fellow of Selwyn College and Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge.
Stelios Tofaris, Fellow of Girton College and Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge.

Consultant Editor:

Sir Bob Hepple KC LLD FBA, former Master of Clare College and Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Cambridge.