Tort Law Cases and Commentaries

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 ma...

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Main Author: Beswick, Samuel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa, Ontario CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute [2021]
Edition:2nd Edition
Series:Open textbook library.
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Table of 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