A theory of tort liability / Allan Beever.

By: Beever, Allan [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Hart studies in private law: v. 16.Publisher: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2016Description: 260 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781509903184; 1509903186Subject(s): Torts | Liability (Law) | Liability (Law) | Torts | 86.39 civil law: otherAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Theory of tort liability.DDC classification: 346.0301 LOC classification: K923 | .B44 2016Other classification: KN33
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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