Tort Law - Couverture souple

McBride, Nicholas J; Bagshaw, Roderick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0582357012 ISBN 13 : 9780582357013

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 2001

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

LONGMAN LAW SERIES

 

TORT LAW

second edition

Nicholas J McBride & Roderick Bagshaw

 

Editorial Advisory Board

Professor I H Dennis (University College, London)

Professor J A Usher (University of Exeter)

 

From the Preface: �??In this edition we have�?�attempted to produce the best student textbook on English tort law ever written.�??

 

Now in its second edition, Tort Law makes this difficult area of the law easy to understand and master. Written in a lively, clear and friendly style, Tort Law tells students all they need to know in order to approach their exams in this subject with confidence.

 

Key features of this edition:

 

·          Explains and evaluates the rules and principles that make up English tort law in unparalleled depth and clarity

·          Discusses in detail the facts and decisions in hundreds of tort law cases

·          Introduces and critically considers the views of other tort law academics on a wide range of issues affecting tort law �?? includes a comprehensive bibliography of secondary literature on tort law

·          Includes extensive analysis of the recent decisions of the House of Lords in Lister v Hesley Hall Ltd (2001), Kuddus v Chief Constable of Leicestershire (2001), Kuwait Airways Corpn v Iraqi Airways Co (Nos 4 & 5) (2002),Fairchild v Glenhaven Funeral Services Ltd (2002), Rees v Darlington Memorial NHS Trust (2003), Wainwright v Home Office (2003), Transco plc v Stockport MBC (2003), and Campbell v MGN (2004)

·          Stays up-to-date via acclaimed website (see inside for details), which provides readers with regular updates on recent developments on tort law as well as giving students tips on how to approach their studies and exams

·          New chapters on invasion of privacy and loss-compensation schemes

 

Students studying tort law at degree level or for the CPE/Graduate Diploma in Law will regard Tort Law as essential reading; as will students doing more advanced work on the law of obligations at undergraduate or graduate level. Academics, practitioners and judges working in the field of tort law will also find Tort Law an indispensable source of ideas, arguments and advice.

 

Nicholas J McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; he was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Roderick Bagshaw is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; he was formerly a Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford.

 

 

 

Quatrième de couverture :

Advance praise for the third edition of McBride and Bagshaw’s Tort Law:

 

‘McBride and Bagshaw has now established itself as the best and most authoritative textbook on the law of torts.  The accuracy and clarity with which the law is described is exemplary.’

Robert Stevens, Professor of Commercial Law, University College, London

 

‘McBride and Bagshaw’s Tort Law is the best of the English student texts.’

Jason Neyers, Associate Professor of Law, University of Western Ontario

 

‘The authors provide excellent and quite clear explanations for the main principles of tort law, including discussions of hypothetical cases that are used to explain difficult concepts in ways that are very helpful for students.’

William E O’Brian Jr, Associate Professor of Law, University of Warwick

 

 

The third edition of McBride and Bagshaw’s Tort Law has been fully updated and extensively rewritten to ensure that it continues to present the clearest and most insightful account of the law of tort available.  Written in a lively, clear and friendly style infused with modern examples and references, Tort Law is an enjoyable read that makes this difficult area of the law easy to understand and master. 

 

Key features of the third edition:

 

• Explains and evaluates the rules and principles that make up English tort law in unparalleled depth and clarity
• Discusses in detail the facts and decisions in hundreds of tort law cases
• Updated to include recent developments in the law of tort, such as the House of Lords’ decisions in Gregg v Scott and Chester v Afshar on liability for exposing someone else to a risk of harm, and in OBG v Allan on the scope of the economic torts

 

Nick McBride is a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; he was formerly a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.

 

Roderick Bagshaw is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

 

 

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Readers of this book can obtain regular updates on recent developments in tort law, plus case notes, sample questions and more at

www.mylawchamber.co.uk/mcbride

 

 

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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0582357012
• ISBN 13: 9780582357013
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 768