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Tort law : a modern perspective / Keith N. Hylton.
Publisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016Description: vi, 457 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781107125322 (hardback)
- 9781107563421 (paperback)
- 9781316408902 (Online)
- 346.7303 23
- KF1250 .H95 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- Policy and tort law -- Evolution of tort law -- Intentional torts -- Theoretical foundations of strict liability -- The reasonable person -- Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person -- Inferring negligence -- Contributory negligence and assumption of risk -- Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care -- Joint and several liability, and vicarious liability -- Factual causation -- Proximate cause -- Duty to rescue and special relationships -- Strict liability : conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance -- Defamation -- Products liability -- Damages.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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E-Books - Cambridge, Bloomsbury, Oxford Handbooks & West Academic
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National Law School | 346.7303 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | EBK-515 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Policy and tort law -- Evolution of tort law -- Intentional torts -- Theoretical foundations of strict liability -- The reasonable person -- Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person -- Inferring negligence -- Contributory negligence and assumption of risk -- Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care -- Joint and several liability, and vicarious liability -- Factual causation -- Proximate cause -- Duty to rescue and special relationships -- Strict liability : conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance -- Defamation -- Products liability -- Damages.
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