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Tort Law : Cases and Commentaries Beswick, Samuel

Abstract

This casebook provides an introduction to tort law: the law that recognises and responds to civil wrongdoing. The material is arranged in two parts. Part I comprises 1-11 and addresses intentional and dignitary torts and the overarching theories and goals of tort law. Part II comprises 12-25 and addresses no-fault compensation schemes, negligence, nuisance, strict liability, and tort law’s place within our broader legal systems. This casebook is designed to complement the 1L curriculum in common law Canadian law schools. It does not try to present an exhaustive overview of all of Canadian tort law. Instead, it focusses on the central doctrines and topics that are most commonly taught in torts courses. OER Description: This tort law text was developed to support graduate students in Canadian law schools. Each chapter of this open educational resource is largely self-contained to support instructors assigning sections to suit their syllabi. The text includes cases, summaries, and links to formative assessment quizzes based on the casebook content, providing immediate feedback to students. The most recent version of this OER can be found in CANLII. [An updated edition of this casebook was uploaded on 2024-06-07.]

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Title
Tort Law : Cases and Commentaries
Creator
Beswick, Samuel
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund
Date Issued
2024-05
Description
This casebook provides an introduction to tort law: the law that recognises and responds to civil wrongdoing. The material is arranged in two parts. Part I comprises 1-11 and addresses intentional and dignitary torts and the overarching theories and goals of tort law. Part II comprises 12-25 and addresses no-fault compensation schemes, negligence, nuisance, strict liability, and tort law’s place within our broader legal systems. This casebook is designed to complement the 1L curriculum in common law Canadian law schools. It does not try to present an exhaustive overview of all of Canadian tort law. Instead, it focusses on the central doctrines and topics that are most commonly taught in torts courses. OER Description: This tort law text was developed to support graduate students in Canadian law schools. Each chapter of this open educational resource is largely self-contained to support instructors assigning sections to suit their syllabi. The text includes cases, summaries, and links to formative assessment quizzes based on the casebook content, providing immediate feedback to students. The most recent version of this OER can be found in CANLII. [An updated edition of this casebook was uploaded on 2024-06-07.]
Subject
Tort law; Common law; Cases and commentaries
Genre
Book
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. Open Educational Resources
Date Available
2023-12-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0438031
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86763
Affiliation
Law, Peter A. Allard School of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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