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Presenting the law of tort as a body of principles, this authoritative textbook leads students to an incisive and clear understanding of the subject. Each tort is carefully structured and examined within a consistent analytical framework that guides students through its preconditions, elements, defences and remedies. Clear summaries and comparisons accompany the detailed exposition, and further support is provided by numerous diagrams and tables, which clarify complex aspects of the law. Critical discussion of legal judgments encourages students to develop…
Principles-based exposition of each tort allows for simple, clear and accurate explanation of the law of each tort, while 'nutshell' analyses at the beginning of each chapter provide students with a summary of the preconditions, elements, defences and remedies associated with each tort
Summaries of those cases which support the principles encompassed in the book include outlines of the facts, the verdicts and also the key reasoning
Use of comparative boxes highlights those areas where English law has trodden a variant path from the views which other jurisdictions may have adopted in relation to a particular issue in tort law
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Author
Rachael Mulheron,Queen Mary University of London
Rachael Mulheron is a professor at the Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London, where she has taught since 2004. Her principal fields of academic research concern tort law and class actions jurisprudence. She publishes regularly in the field of tort-related litigation, and has regularly been nominated for the Drapers' Teaching Award during her tenure at Queen Mary. Professor Mulheron is a member of the Civil Justice Council of England and Wales and participates in working parties relating to collective actions, third party funding and contingency fee law reform.