Cases, Notes & Materials. Paperback, Lexis
Designed as an introduction for tort law students, Canadian Tort Law – Cases, Notes & Materials, 17th Edition offers a probing analysis of basic concepts and an examination of the everyday human problems that this area of law addresses. The late Honourable Allen M. Linden, Professors Lewis N. Klar and Bruce Feldthusen bring to bear a wealth of experience in the classroom and from the bench to guide students through this fundamental aspect of the Canadian judicial tradition.
Features of This Book
- Select extracts of caselaw and articles – present leading examples of judicial opinion, academic thought and competing theories about the value and impact of the law of torts
- Open-ended review questions – provide students with the opportunity to explore and discuss remedies provided to injured parties
- Up-to-date jurisprudence – ensures that students are exposed to the latest trends
What’s New In This Edition
- Expanded historical and theoretical foundations of tort law
- Analysis of recent appellate decisions on the defence of consent and updated commentary on capacity, power imbalances, and vitiating conditions
- Re-organization of negligence into a six-part framework and commentary on feminist and critical perspectives
- Expanded commentary on the limits of the “but for” test, material contribution, indivisible injuries, and “crumbling skull” vs. “thin skull” doctrines
- Jurisprudence from Canadian and English courts taking a more flexible, common-sense approach on probabilistic causation and mesothelioma cases
- Consolidation of the first two categories of pure economic loss (misrepresentation and negligent performance of services) into a single “undertaking and reliance” category
- Analysis of the doctrinal narrowing of Rylands v. Fletcher and the broadening of scholarly debate about abnormally dangerous activities as a potential basis for liability
- Updated discussion of nuisance based on recent case law and environmental and public health litigation trends
- An examination of the future of tort law, including contemporary mass torts: residential schools, tainted blood, concussions, opioids, and terrorism litigation, alongside debates about no-fault insurance models and the tension between compensation and deterrence
Who Should Read This Book
- Tort law students seeking an explanation of the latest Canadian laws on torts
- Tort law professors to help assist in teaching Canadian tort law courses
- Tort law practitioners who need a Canadian-focused account of tort law that covers recent changes in the field
- Law libraries looking to expand their legal collection