Tort Law : Cases and Commentaries / Samuel Beswick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beswick, Samuel, author.

Series:

Open textbook library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil law.

Obligations (Law).

Torts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (753 pages).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa, ON : CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute, [2021]

Summary:

The law of obligations concerns the legal rights and duties owed between people. Three primary categories make up the common law of obligations: tort, contract, and unjust enrichment. This casebook provides an introduction to tort law: the law that recognises and responds to civil wrongdoing. The material is arranged in two parts. Part I comprises §§1-11 and addresses intentional and dignitary torts and the overarching theories and goals of tort law. Part II comprises §§12-25 and addresses no-fault compensation schemes, negligence, nuisance, strict liability, and tort law's place within our broader legal systems. This casebook was compiled and edited by Assistant Professor Samuel Beswick of the University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law. Maddison Zapach (J.D. expected 2023). provided research assistance on the first edition (published July 2021). We gratefully acknowledge the influence on our approach to this subject of Professor Joost Blom QC of the Allard School of Law, Professor John C.P. Goldberg of Harvard Law School, and Associate Professor Rosemary Tobin of the University of Auckland Faculty of Law. The support of Open UBC and the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund is also gratefully acknowledged.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Trespass to the Person

3. Intentional Infliction of Mental Suffering

4. Invasion of Privacy

5. Defamation and Harassment

6. Defences

7. Intentional Interference with Real Property

8. Intentional Interference with Chattels

9. Remedies (I)

10. Tort Theory

11. Examination Questions (I)

12. No-fault Compensation schemes

13. Negligence: (i) Duty of Care

14. Negligence: (ii) Breach of Duty of Care

15. Negligence: (iii) Damage

16. Negligence: (iv) Causation of Damage in Fact

17. Negligence: (v) Remoteness of Damage in Law

18. Defences (II)

19. Difficult Categories of Negligence

20. Remedies (II)

21. Nuisance

22. Strict Liability Torts

23. Vicarious Liability

24. Tort Law and Legal Systems

25. Examination Questions (II)

Index of Cases.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.