Contemporary Australian Tort Law

An engaging, accessible and student-friendly introduction to the law of torts in Australia.

Joanna Kyriakakis (Author), Tina Popa (Author), Francine Rochford (Author), Natalia Szablewska (Author), Xiaobo Zhao (Author), Jason Taliadoros (Author), Darren O'Donovan (Author), Lowell Bautista (Author)

9781108626255, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 15 October 2019

666 pages
24.8 x 17.4 x 3.4 cm, 1.17 kg

Contemporary Australian Tort Law is an engaging, accessible and student-friendly introduction to the law of torts in Australia. This unique text covers the foundational topics of tort law in a logical structure, covering duty of care, breaches, negligence, damages and defences, and also branching into higher-level topics such as defamation and offences in public office. Each chapter is supported by tools for self-assessment and self-reflection: review questions at the end of each subheading; case boxes that delve into important historical cases; multiple-choice questions and longer, narrative problems that challenge students to apply the principles they've learnt in the chapter to 'real world' scenarios. This print and eBook combination is an indispensable resource for law students taking their first course in tort law.

1. Introduction to the law of torts
2. Duty of care
3. Breach of duty of care
4. Damage: factual causation and scope of liability
5. Defences to negligence
6. Trespass to the person
7. Trespass to land and trespass to personal property
8. Defences to and remedies for trespass
9. The tort of nuisance
10. Vicarious liability and non-delegable duty
11. Defamation
12. Remedies
13. Torts arising from statutory duties and powers.

Subject Areas: Torts / Delicts [LNV], Laws of Specific jurisdictions [LN], Law [L]