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Optional Law subject.
Prerequisite: Torts and the Process of Law; History and Philosophy of Law
Contact: 2 hours per week
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should: be able to recognise those types of socially unreasonable conduct which give rise to a remedy in tort; have an understanding of the rules of law relating to selected torts; be able to apply a theoretical perspective to those rules; and have an ability to appraise the relevant rules of those selected torts critically by reference to: their internal consistency; and their appropriateness for resolving disputes that are likely to arise in Australian society.
Content:
After an introduction to the nature and objects of tortious liability and a discussion of the historical derivation of modern torts, including the distinction between actions in trespass and on the case, the course will deal with selected issues in the law of trespass to the person, such as when consent to the invasion of the person may be ineffective and the problem of the limitation of actions in cases of child abuse. The course will then consider in detail a range of torts, which will vary from year to year. The torts considered may include false imprisonment; malicious prosecution and abuse of process; deceit, and negligence as a remedy for misrepresentation and other instances of pure economic loss; trespass to land; nuisance; and remedies for the protection of the proprietary interest in goods, such as detinue, conversion and trespass to chattels.
Assessment:
Either Research Essay 2500-3,000 words (50 per cent) and Final Exam 11/2 hours (50 per cent); or Final Exam 3 hours (100 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Law (Volume 3 page 227)
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