Diverse Voices in Tort Law / edited by Kirsty Horsey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horsey, Kirsty, editor.

Series:

Diverse Voices

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Bristol University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Integrating marginalised perspectives into the curriculum and discourse, this indispensable textbook amplifies under-represented voices in the field and paves the way for a more inclusive and comprehensive understanding of tort law.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Why Recognising Diversity in Tort Law Matters

Kirsty HorseyPart 1: Underexplored Ideas Within the Core of Negligence2. Negligence and the Vulnerable Subject: Public Bodies and the Duty of Care

Nikki Godden-Rasul and C.R.G. Murray3. The Politics of Pure Economic Loss

Craig Purshouse4. Queering the Reasonable Person

Haim Abrahampart 2: How Negligence Norms Respond to Particular Harms5. Reproductive Harm, Social Justice and Tort Law: Rethinking 'Wrongful Birth' and 'Wrongful Life' Claims

Julie McCandless and Kirsty Horsey6. Coded Copper, Toxic Water. Multinational Corporations, Environmental Degradation, and Tort Law

Iain FramePart 3: Diverse Voices Elsewhere in Tort7. Product Liability, Medical Devices and Harm to Women's Bodies

Emily Jackson8. The Tortious Response to Police Power, Misconduct and Abuse

Rita D'Alton-Harrison9. Homosexuality, Defamatory Meaning, and Reputational Injury in English Law

Alexandros Antoniou and Dimitris Akrivos10. Rethinking 'Negligence' in 'Medical Negligence': Can Trespass to the Person Torts Help Protect Autonomy?

Eliza Bond and Jodi Gardner11. Image-based Sexual Abuse and Gendered Conceptions of Harm in Tort

Aislinn O'Connell.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781529231625

1529231620

9781529231632

1529231639