Diverse Voices in Tort Law

Kirsty Horsey is Professor of Law at the University of Kent. She has taught Tort Law and Advanced Torts across all stages of the curriculum since 2000.

“This is a refreshing collection on relevant and urgent debates in tort, from an impressive set of contributors. The thought-provoking essays demonstrate how examining tort from diverse, critical perspectives can be valuable, for both students and scholars.” James Lee, King’s College London

• 1. Introduction: Why Recognising Diversity in Tort Law Matters - Kirsty HorseyPart 1: Underexplored Ideas Within the Core of Negligence2. Negligence and the Vulnerable Subject: Public Bodies and the Duty of Care - Nikki Godden-Rasul and C.R.G. Murray3. The Politics of Pure Economic Loss – Craig Purshouse4. Queering the Reasonable Person – Haim Abrahampart 2: How Negligence Norms Respond to Particular Harms5. Reproductive Harm, Social Justice and Tort Law: Rethinking ‘Wrongful Birth’ and ‘Wrongful Life’ Claims – Julie McCandless and Kirsty Horsey6. Coded Copper, Toxic Water. Multinational Corporations, Environmental Degradation, and Tort Law - Iain FramePart 3: Diverse Voices Elsewhere in Tort7. Product Liability, Medical Devices and Harm to Women’s Bodies – Emily Jackson8. The Tortious Response to Police Power, Misconduct and Abuse – Rita D’Alton-Harrison9. Homosexuality, Defamatory Meaning, and Reputational Injury in English Law – Alexandros Antoniou and Dimitris Akrivos10. Rethinking ‘Negligence’ in ‘Medical Negligence’: Can Trespass to the Person Torts Help Protect Autonomy? – Eliza Bond and Jodi Gardner11. Image-based Sexual Abuse and Gendered Conceptions of Harm in Tort – Aislinn O’Connell