Beever, Allan,

A theory of tort liability / Allan Beever. - 260 pages ; 24 cm. - Hart studies in private law ; volume 16 . - Hart studies in private law ; v. 16. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Moral foundations -- The general theory of liability -- The form of liability in tort law -- Battery and trespass to property -- Trespass in general -- Defences to trespass -- Deceit -- The economic torts in the commonwealth : the conventional view -- Reconceptualising the economic torts -- Interference with contract in the US -- Injurious falsehood and malicious prosecution -- The law of negligence -- The law of defamation -- The mind -- Patient consent and the right to self-determination.

This book provides a comprehensive theory of the rights upon which tort law is based and the liability that flows from violating those rights. It considers the laws of Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand and the United States.

9781509903184 1509903186

2016015257


Torts.
Liability (Law)
Liability (Law)
Torts.
86.39 civil law: other.

K923 / .B44 2016

346.0301