Cases on Torts - Softcover

McDonald, Barbara; Anderson PH., Ross; Yeo, Professor Stanley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862876134 ISBN 13: 9781862876132

Publisher: Federation Press, 2007

Synopsis

This established casebook seeks, through an authoritative selection of cases, to illuminate the principles of contemporary Australian tort law and to capture the underlying trends in the development of the law.

About this title

About the Author:

Ross Anderson es oriundo de Utah, nacido y criado en la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los ultimos dias. Entrego su vida a Cristo en 1976. Ross termino sus estudios universitarios de bioquimica en la Universidad de California en San Diego. Luego obtuvo un doctorado en ministerio de la escuela evangelica Trinity Divinity y recientemente, su doctorado en ministerio del Seminario Teologico de Salt Lake. Ross es pastor fundador de la Iglesia Wasatch Evangelical Free en Roy, Utah, donde ha servido desde su graduacion del seminario en 1983. El es autor del libro Cual es el mensaje del libro de mormon?, una guia cristiana y breve al libro sagrado de los mormones. Su pasion es incorporar ex-Mormones a la iglesia. El y su esposa, Nancy, tienen dos hijos adultos.

Review:

The editors have avoided including non-Australian cases, unless they are of historical or doctrinal importance or where there are no Australian cases on point. This means that old favourites like Tuberville v Savage (1669) (aEURO÷If it were not Assize time, I would not take such language from you.aEURO ) and Fagan v Commissioner of Metropolitan Police (1968) (the car parked on the policemanaEURO (TM)s foot) appear only as footnotes. The great strength of this casebook is its emphasis on modern Australian authorities. Since the second edition, 62 cases have been substituted with 41 cases. Cases on Torts divides its subject into the usual categories. aEURO| The section on defences includes Rootes v Shelton (1967) (the waterskier who was injured while skiing on the Macquarie River because he was momentarily blinded by the boataEURO (TM)s wash), Horkin v North Melbourne FCSC (1983) (the man ejected from a football social club), and Henwood v Municipal Tramways Trust (1938) (the man who, while vomiting over the side of a tram, struck his head on two street poles and consequently died). The law is always full of stories, some mundane, some macabre, some which almost defy belief. The cases selected by the editors of this book not only illustrate the principles of tort, but do so in some extraordinary and controversial circumstances. This is not really a book for practitioners. However, if I taught torts, I would not hesitate to set this book as the prescribed text. Law Institute Journal (Vic), February 2003 A comprehensive collection highlighting the founding principles of Australian tort law aEURO| Cases are set out with clear reference to the nature and outcome of specific civil claims, while the publisheraEURO (TM)s website makes provision for edited versions of most recent cases. The format with which cases are presented and explained makes this an ideal reference for Preliminary Legal Studies Part 1: The legal system aEURO" sources of law and The operation of the legal system. SCAN (Curriculum K-12 Directorate), February 2004

About this edition

• Publisher: Federation Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1862876134
• ISBN 13: 9781862876132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 520