Unit name | Law of Tort |
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Unit code | LAWD10011 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Professor. Kelly |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will consider the following elements: introduction to case law and doctrines of precedent; introduction to tort law and its role in society; general principles of tortious liability; forms of tortious liability; standards of liability; causation and remoteness of damage; vicarious and joint liability and defences; torts relating to personal injuries, economic losses and land.
By the end of this unit a successful student will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a variety of asynchronous and synchronous activities
1 x summative assessment: Timed Open Book Assessment with a specified word count (100%)
The assessment will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
The core unit text is: Paula Giliker, Tort (6th edn, 2017). An alternative would be Horsey & Rackley: Tort Law (5th edn, 2017).
Steele, Tort Law: Text, Cases & Materials (4th edn, 2017)
Lunney, Nolan & Oliphant, Tort Law: Text & Materials (6th edn, 2017).
Students might also usefully refer to Atiyah‘s Accidents, Compensation and the Law (9th edn, 2018), Conaghan & Mansell, The Wrongs of Tort (2nd edn, 1998) and Weir, An Introduction to Tort Law (2nd edn, 2006).