TY - BOOK AU - Horsey,Kirsty AU - Rackley,Erika TI - Tort law SN - 9780198718499 AV - KD1949 .H67 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Oxrord University Press N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- PART I. THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE --Introduction to the tort of negligence -- Duty of care : introduction and basic principles -- Omissions and acts of third parties -- Psychiatric harm -- Public bodies -- Economic loss -- Breach -- Causation and remoteness -- Defences to negligence -- PART II. SPECIAL LIABILITY REGIMES -- Occupiers' liability -- Employers' liability -- Product liability -- PART III. THE PERSONAL TORTS -- Trespass to the person -- Defamation -- Invasion of privacy -- PART IV. THE LAND TORTS -- Trespass to land and nuisance -- Actions under the rule of Rylands v Fletcher -- PART V. DAMAGES AND THE PURPOSE OF COMPENSATION -- Damages in tort -- Appendix A: Annotated problem questions ER -