TY - BOOK AU - Kidner, Richard TI - Casebook on torts SN - 0195664957 U1 - 346.03 KID PY - 2002/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Torts KW - Jurisprudence N1 - Includes index; 1. Trespass to Person; 2. Trespass to Land; 3. Wrongful Interference with Goods; 4. Negligence: The Basic Principles of Duty of Care; 5. Breach of Duty: The Standard of Care; 6. Causation and Remoteness of Damage; 7. Special Duty Problems: Omissions; 8. Special Duty Problems: Exercise of Statutory Powers; 9. Special Duty Problems: Nervous Shock; 10. Special Duty Problems: Statements, Services and Economic Loss; 11. Special Duty Problems: Acts and Economic Loss; 12. Special Duty Problems: Contract and Duty of Care; 13. Special Duty Problems: Defective Structure; 14. Special Duty Problems: Unborn Children, Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth; 15. Defences to Negligence; 16. Damages for Death and Personal Injuries; 17. Vicarious Liability; 18. Breach of Statutory Duty; 19. Product Liability; 20. Occupiers' Liability; 21. Nuisance; 22. Liability for the Escape of Dangerous Things; 23. Animals; 24. Defamation; 25. Privacy and the Intentional Infliction of Distress N2 - Tort law is based almost entirely upon case law and a thorough understanding of the important cases is crucial for students of this subject. The case selection for this book has been based upon the standard cases, and the extracts provide the essence of the reasoning and the decision ER -