Emerging Issues in Tort Law

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In this book, articles by leading tort scholars from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States deal with important theoretical and practical issues that are emerging in the law of torts. The articles analyse recent leading developments in areas such as economic negligence, causation, vicarious liability, non-delegable duty, breach of statutory duty, intentional torts, damages, and tort law in the family. They provide a foretaste of the issues that will face tort law in the near future and offer critical viewpoints that should not go unheeded. With its rich breadth of contributors and topics, Emerging Issues in Tort Law will be highly useful to lawyers, judges and academics across the common law world. Contributors: Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, Peter Benson, Vaughan Black, Peter Cane, Erika Chamberlain, Israel Gilead, Paula Giliker, Rick Glofcheski, Lewis N Klar QC, Michael A Jones, Richard Lewis, John Murphy, Jason W Neyers, Ken Oliphant, David F Partlett, Stephen GA Pitel, Denise Reaume, Robert H Stevens, Andrew Tettenborn, Stephen Todd, Shauna van Praagh, Stephen Waddams, David R Wingfield, Richard W Wright.

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The sheer breadth of knowledge and experience exhibited by the writers makes the book an exceptionally good read for practitioners, judges and academics alike-indeed anyone with an interest in tort lawa pot pourri of well-written and thoughtfully argued pieces by many of the foremost authorities in the fieldhighly recommended. -- Margaret Fordham * Singapore Journal of Legal Studies *
an essential companion for the modern tort lawyer. What is more, it makes for fascinating reading: not only does it draw upon the combined experience and wisdom of over 20 lawyers and scholars, but its editors have ensured that its substantive coverage is broad and yet coherently presented. -- Sarah Green * The Cambridge Law Journal *
One does not usually see in one book articles written by common law's leading scholars on the broad spectrum of issues affecting modern Tort law...I would be interested to read the articles again in a few years time and expect to be marveled by the accuracy of some predictions. This volume is much more than a collection of conference proceedings and would likely become one of the definitive reference texts on the subject for many years to come. -- Alexandra Lo, Dak Wai * The Hong Kong Law Journal, Vol 38, Part 3 *
The list of contributors to this excellent collection reads like a roll-call of leading tort scholars in the common law world...The editors are to be congratulated on putting together such a stimulating and diverse volume of essays. -- Ken Oliphant * Yearbook of European Tort Law *

Author Bio

Jason W. Neyers is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario. Erika Chamberlain is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario. Stephen G.A. Pitel is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Ontario. He has been an author or editor of six books in the past four years, including Litigating Conspiracy: An Analysis of Competition Class Actions. His teaching and research is focused on international commercial litigation, torts, civil procedure, and unjust enrichment.