Markesinis & Deakin's Tort Law

Now in its eighth edition Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law provides a general overview of the law and full discussion of the academic debates on all major topics, highlighting the relationship between the common law, legislation, and judicial policy.
In addition, the authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives on the law of tort and its likely development, always placing the subject in its socio-economic context thereby giving students a deeper and richer understanding of tort law.

This detailed and authoritative book offers teachers a wide range of topics to cover, while providing students with a text which is both descriptive and reflective of this branch of law.

• This leading textbook covers all aspects of tort law and provides students with access to innovative thinking on the subject.
• Is well-referenced with a bibliography and footnotes which provide a platform for further study, encouraging students to read the best of the available literature.
• Provides a variety of comparative and economic perspectives on the law of tort and its likely development, placing the subject in context and giving students a deeper and richer understanding of tort law.
• Through the range of academic perspectives combined with a highly readable style encourages reflection and analysis, helping students to develop these increasingly important skills.

I. Setting the Scene
1. Introduction
2. Some advice for the novice tort lawyer

II. The Tort of Negligence
3. Establishing liability in principle: duty of care
4. Liability for fault: breach
5. Liability for damage caused: causation and remoteness

III. Special Forms of Negligence
6. Liability of occupiers and builders
7. Breach of statutory duty
8. Liability of public and statutory bodies

IV. Interference with the Person
9. Intentional interference
10. Malicious prosecution

V. Land, Chattels and Intentional Interference with Economic Interests
11. Interference with chattels
12. Trespass to Land
13. Nuisance
14. Deceit
15. The economic torts

VI. Stricter Forms of Liability
16. The rule of Rylands v Fletcher
17. Liability for animals
18. Employer's liability
19. Vicarious liability
20. Product liability

VII. Protection of Human Dignity (in private law)
21. Defamation and injurious falsehood
22. The protection of human privacy

VIII. Defences and Remedies
23. Defences
24. Damages
25. Other remedies and multiple liabilities