Tort Law 8th ed

Takes students from zero knowledge to engaged and critical thinkers.

This best-selling undergraduate textbook from renowned authors Kirsty Horsey & Erika Rackley offers a lively, accessible, and thoughtful treatment of all key tort law topics, and includes carefully chosen learning features that encourage deep and critical thinking.

Key features:

• Problem questions at the beginning of chapters set the scene, immediately putting the law in context. Outline answers and an annotated version with issues and cases to consider offer students further insights
• Author videos in every chapter enliven, explain, and enrich key topics
• 'Counterpoint' and 'pause for reflection' boxes encourage students to think critically and engage with areas of controversy or reform
• Annotated statutes and judgments explain the more difficult points of law and help students develop the invaluable skills of reading, interpreting, and analysing
• Interactive decision trees provide a visual aid to understanding key torts, and cement that knowledge through direct, step-by-step engagement

New to this edition:

• Author videos and interactive decision trees
• New and updated coverage of key legal developments, including Banks v Cadwalladr [2022] EWHC 1417 (QB) on defamation, Bloomberg LP (Appellant) v ZXC (Respondent) [2022] UKSC 5 on privacy, and Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Polmear v Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust; Purchase v Ahmed [2022] EWCA Civ 12 on psychiatric harm

Digital formats and resources:

This edition is available as an enhanced e-book, which offers an array of integrated resources to support learning. These include author videos, interactive decision trees, and support in tackling the problem question, as well as a mobile experience and convenient access, functionality tools, navigation features, and links: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks

A selection of online resources is available to paperback, Law Trove, and enhanced e-book users, including:

• Outline answers to questions in the book
• Annotated links to external web resources and videos
• Downloadable annotated case judgments, statutes, and problem questions
• Guidance on answering problem and essay questions
• Additional content on elements of a claim in the tort of negligence and on product liability
• Access to the enhanced e-book's videos and interactive decision trees