Cover Blurb - Law of Tort 5e - CookeLaw of Tort has established a reputation as a concise, clear and up to date student textbook on the main principles of the law of torts. The fifth edition has been revised to take account of new civil procedure terminology and important new cases and statutory developments, including:Coverage of the current and potential effect of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the law of tort, including policy immunity in negligence and the implications of Article 8 for privacy lawin the area of pure economic loss, coverage of the advance of assumption of responsibility and abandonment of the distinction between liability for statements and liability for actsexpansion of the chapter on defamation to include a new section on privacyLaw of Tort provides the reader with a thorough knowledge of the subject area. To support this, extracts from a variety of key statutes are provided at the end of the book and questions and suggested approaches can be found at the ends of some of the chapters. The latter can be used to illustrate the application of the principles involved.John Cooke, LLB, M.Phil., Barrister, is Head of Law at Liverpool John Moores University. He has published articles in a number of academic journals and co-authored an authoritative work on the law of obligations.About this seriesThe accessible and readable books in this series are written for law students for the foundation subjects required on law degrees and on postgraduate common professional examination courses. Ideal for part-time and distance-learning courses as well as modularised traditional courses, the books are intended to be used in conjunction with other sources such as law reports and case books.Other titles currently available in this seriesConstitutional and Administrative Law Criminal Law Law of Contract Law of the European Community Land Law Trusts and EquityLongman an imprint of Pearson Education0 582 43819 5CWS logo
