Table of Contents

1: Introduction
PART I. THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE
2: Introduction to the tort of negligence
3: Duty of care: introduction and basic principles
4: Omissions and acts of third parties
5: Psychiatric harm
6: Public bodies
7: Economic loss
8: Breach
9: Causation and remoteness
10: Defences to negligence
PART II. SPECIAL LIABILITY REGIMES
11: Occupiers' liability
12: Employers' liability
13: Product liability
PART III. THE PERSONAL TORTS
14: Trespass to the person
15: Defamation
16: Invasion of privacy
PART IV. THE LAND TORTS
17: Trespass to land and nuisance
18: Actions under the rule of Rylands v Fletcher
PART V. LIABILITY, DAMAGES AND LIMITATIONS
19: Damages in tort
Appendix Annotated problem questions

About the Author

Kirsty Horsey is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Kent Law School, teaching contract and tort law to undergraduate students across all years. Her research interests lie in the overlap of medical and family law, particularly in the area of assisted reproduction, and in public bodies' liability for negligence. In 2007, Kirsty was the joint recipient of the Barbara Morris Learning Support Prize, awarded by the University of Kent for teaching excellence. Erika Rackley is a
Professor of Law in the Law School at Birmingham University. She has taught tort law at Kent, Leicester and Durham Universities. Her research interests are broadly in the field of feminism, gender and law, particularly in relation to judicial diversity. She is co-editor of 'Feminist Perspectives on
Tort Law' (Routledge, 2012).

Reviews

`Tort Law is surprisingly enjoyable to read with complex legal points being distilled into short and manageable sections. It shakes off the airs and graces of other texts by using plain English and is constantly posing interesting points, and counter-points, on this vast area of law.[...] In particular, excellent features include the 'pause for reflection' and 'counter-point' boxes appearing throughout the text, and the annotated copies of important
statutes.
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Student Law Journal
`Review from previous edition Clearly written ... allows all students to understand tort while enabling stronger students to think critically and challenge traditional approaches.'
Avis Whyte, Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Westminster School of Law
`Very impressed: the authors explain the complexities clearly without sacrificing depth. An excellent combination of legal analysis and contextual discussion.'
Colm O'Cinneide, Lecturer in Law, University College London
`Horsey & Rackley is very good and clearly written; the 'pause for reflection' sections, followed by questions, work extremely well.'
Jose Miola, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Leicester
`This book is ideal for any undergraduate new to tort. Its pedagogical features encourage students to reflect as they learn.'
Dr Rebecca Wong, Senior Lecturer in Law, Nottingham Law School
`I very much like the book's style. It's informative and encourages broader thinking - something lecturers constantly try to do.'
Sarah Flanagan, undergraduate law student, University of Plymouth
`The authors show how judges consider the impact of decisions on society, and how politics and economy influence the law.'
Katerina Ktatunkova, undergraduate law student, University of Surrey