Tort Law

Basil S. Markesinis Dr. Iur (Athen.), LL.D. (Cantab.), DCL (Oxon.), D. Iur h.c. (Ghent and Paris I), FBA, is Clifford Chance Professor of European Law at the University of Oxford and Founder/Director of the Oxford Centre for the Advanced Study of European and Comparative Law. Simon Deakin is a Fellow of Peterhouse College and Lecturer in Law at the University of Cambridge

Tort at the crossroads; tort and contract; elements of wrongdoing and the role of policy; economic analysis of tort law; functions of tort; fault as the basis of tortious liability; alternative systems of compensation; some general warnings to the novice tort lawyer; general principles of negligence; the elements of negligence; duty of care; breach of duty; causation of damage; an american perspective; special forms of negligence; problems of medical law; road traffic accidents; liability of occupiers and builders; breach of statutory duty; liability of public and statutory bodies; interference with the person; intentional physical interference; malicious prosecution and abuse of process; interference with property and economic interests; chattels; land; nuisance; deceit; the economic torts; stricter forms of liability; the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher; liability for animals; employers' liability; vicarious liability; product liability; protection of reputation and privacy; defamation; injurious falsehoods and passing off; privacy; an American perspective; defences and remedies; defences; damages; other remedies; joint and concurrent liability.