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. Green |
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:
Taught by means of 30 lectures and 8 one-hour tutorials.
2 formative assessments: 1 x 1,000 word coursework and 1 x 1 hour exam in the January Examination Period.
Formative assessments do not count towards final mark and can be optional.
1 summative assessment: 1 x 3 hour exam in the Summer Examination Period.
Summative assessments do count towards final mark.
The assessments will assess all of the intended learning outcomes for this unit.
Giliker, Tort (5th Edition, 2014). An alternative would be Horsey & Rackley: Tort Law (4th Edition, 2015)
If you are looking for a book with extracts of a lot of materials you will need, choose either Steele, Tort Law: Text, Cases & Materials (3rd Edition, 2014) or Lunney & Oliphant, Tort Law: Text & Materials (5th Edition, 2013).
You might also usefully refer to Atiyah, Accidents, Compensation and the Law (8th ed by P.Cane), Conaghan & Mansell, The Wrongs of Tort (2nd Edition, 1998) and Weir, An Introduction to Tort Law (2nd Edition, 2006). All of these propound strong views.