Questions of Liability

Donal Nolan is Professor of Private Law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, UK.

Because [the essays] all bear the hallmarks of first-rate scholarship, the book comes highly recommended. Indeed, because most of the topics addressed in this book centre on aspects of the law that form the backbone of most university courses on tort law, I would go so far as to call it essential reading.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsTable of CasesTable of Legislation1. IntroductionPart I: Negligence 2. Deconstructing the Duty of Care 3. The Duty of Care After Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police4. The Liability of Public Authorities for Failing to Confer Benefits 5. Assumption of Responsibility: Four Questions 6. Varying the Standard of Care in Negligence 7. New Forms of Damage in Negligence8. Causation and the Goals of Tort Law Part II: Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher9. ‘A Tort Against Land’: Private Nuisance as a Property Tort 10. The Essence of Private Nuisance 11. The Distinctiveness of Rylands v FletcherPart III: Tort in General12. Preventive Damages 13. Rights, Damage and Loss 14. Against Strict Product Liability Index