Tort law defences / James Goudkamp.

Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Publishing, 2013.

1st edition

82927

Torts -- Great Britain.

Defence (Civil procedure) -- Great Britain.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Introduction

Torts and defences

Denials

A taxonomy of tort law defences

Applying the taxonomy

Implications

Rival taxonomies

Denials of responsibility

Future directions.

With its origins in a doctoral thesis, this new book from an Oxford academic has a strongly theoretical character. However, it does contain a valuable account of key defences to actions in tort-including defences based upon a denial of causation.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781849462914

xlvi, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm