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Book SynopsisSarah Green is the Law Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law at the Law Commission of England and Wales. Prior to that, she was Professor of Private Law at the University of Bristol, Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford and a lecturer at the University of Birmingham. She has written two books about specific elements of tort law, and has also published on a variety of other topics including virtual currencies, blockchain issues surrounding intermediated securities, smart contracts, sale of goods law as applicable to digitised assets, and wage theft.
Jodi Gardner is a University Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St John's College. She is also a Senior Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for Banking & Finance Law, National University of Singapore. Jodi's research is primarily focused on the intersection between private law and social policy. She is written on a variety of different topics in this area i
Table of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: The Tort of Negligence 2. Duty of care 3. Pure economic loss 4. Psychiatric injury 5. Breach of duty 6. Causation 7. Remoteness Part 2: Torts Relating to Land and Goods 8. Occupiers’ Liability 9. Nuisance and the Rule in Rylands v Fletcher 10. Product Liability Part 3: Intentional Torts 11. Economic torts 12. Intentional torts to the person Part 4: Defamation and Privacy 13. Defamation 14. Privacy Part 5: General Matters 15. Vicarious liability 16. Defences 17. Damages.
