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Understanding tort law

This text offers an overview of the tort system for the non-lawyer or new law undergraduate. This new edition looks at topics such as the theories of tort law, accident compensation and its future, the rise of negligence, and issues in economic loss
Print Book, English, 2005
Sweet & Maxwell, London, 2005
x, 194 pages ; 22 cm.
9780421878402, 0421878401
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1. What is Tort Law?
2. The Aims of Tort Law
3. The Rise and Rise of Negligence
4. Facing the Consequences
5. Land Use of Tort Law
6. Business and Economic Interests
7. Rights Talk
8. Suing the State
9. The future of Tort