Questions of Liability

Donal Nolan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, UK.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation

1. Introduction

Part I: Negligence

2. Deconstructing the Duty of Care

3. The Duty of Care After Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police

4. The Liability of Public Authorities for Failing to Confer Benefits

5. Assumption of Responsibility: Four Questions

6. Varying the Standard of Care in Negligence

7. New Forms of Damage in Negligence

8. Causation and the Goals of Tort Law

Part II: Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher

9. ‘A Tort Against Land’: Private Nuisance as a Property Tort

10. The Essence of Private Nuisance

11. The Distinctiveness of Rylands v Fletcher

Part III: Tort in General

12. Preventive Damages

13. Rights, Damage and Loss

14. Against Strict Product Liability

Index