Tort Law and the Protection of Human Dignity

Advanced Comparative Perspectives
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-876905-37-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 750 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

With a focus strongly on invasion of dignitary interests and/or rights, the book stresses the dynamic nature of tort law and its capacity to respond to social change in a variety of ways, and invites students to consider the mechanisms by which this may happen, including interaction with legislation and international conventions.
Tomorrow’s Torts aims to:

give students an opportunity to explore topics which are not covered in basic Torts courses, such as defamation
take an in depth look at important areas like negligence in specific contexts, such as medical malpractice
examine emerging torts or novel applications for existing torts, such as in the areas of privacy, sexual injury including harassment and stalking
explore toxic torts including tobacco litigation and various pharmaceutical/therapeutic products which have been the subject of mass tort claims or class actions.
Students are encouraged to adopt a creative, comparative and critical perspective, and to think about how the law of torts might look in the future, as well as to master the current law. Tomorrow’s Torts is a collection of commentary and materials suitable for use in upper level undergraduate or postgraduate Law courses, drawn from Canada, the UK, New Zealand, USA, Australia and other jurisdictions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Watson, Penelope (Macquarie University, Australia)

Watson, Penelope

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Elements of Defamation, Freedom of Speech 2. Defences to Defamation, Remedies 3. Human Rights and Tort: Privacy 4. Privacy (Continued) 5. Sexual Injury: Harassment, Nuisance, Wilkinson v Downton 6. Sexual Injury: Abuse/Incest, Battery, Fiduciary Duty, Liability of Third Parties 7. Schools/Workplaces: Negligence – Bullying 8. Schools: Negligence – Educational Malpractice 9. Wrongful Life, Wrongful Birth, Duties to Unborn 10. Toxic Torts: Therapeutic Goods. DES Cases, Prenatal and Preconception Injury, Novel Theories of Causation 11. Toxic Torts: Consumer Goods. Tobacco Litigation, Addiction and Volenti, Ethical Issues for Lawyers 12: Toxic Torts: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Ethical Issues, Future Trends

Über Autor(innen)

Penelope Watson is Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Macquarie University, Australia.