Delictual Liability

Joe Thomson was formerly Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission

Introduction
Part I Intentional Delicts
1 Intentional wrongs in respect of persons and property
2 The economic wrongs and fraud
Part II Unintentional Delict – General Principles of Liability
3 The duty of care
4 Duty of care as a threshold device
5 Breach of a duty of care
6 Causation and related issues
Part III Delictual Liability in Specific and Economic Contexts
Introduction
7 Professional liability
8 Product liability
9 Delictual liability for animals
10 Delictual liability arising from ownership or occupation of property
11 Breach of statutory duty and public law issues
12 Employers’ liability and vicarious liability
13 Delict and the family
14 Delict and road traffic
15 Defamation and verbal injury
Part IV Damages
16 Damages