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  <titleInfo>
    <title>The law of torts in Ghana:text, cases and materials</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Offei,Stephen.</namePart>
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    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">Kumasi</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>Department of Publishing Studies</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2014</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>lvi,879p.: 25cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents:The nature of tortious liability:Introduction -- Definition -- Torts distinguished from other legal wrongs -- International interference with the person:Introduction -- Trespass and negligence -- Trespass to the person -- Assault -- Defences to assult and battery -- Selected case(s) on assault and battery -- False imprisonment -- Defences to false imprisonment -- Acting in support of the law -- Malicious prosecution -- Negligence -- Liability for ommissions and rescuers -- Duty of care:Pure economic loss -- Duty of care:Negligent misstatements --Duty of care:Psychiatric illness -- Breach of duty --Causation -- Remoteness of damage -- Occupiers' liability -- Employers' liability -- Vicarious liability:The course of employment -- Trespass to land:Types of trespass -- Who can sue in trespass to land -- defences -- Remedies -- Nuisance -- Escape of dangerous things from land -- Wrongful interference with goods -- Liability for animals -- Product liability --Defamation -- Passing off -- Defences -- Damages for personal injuries -- Damages for the dead victim . </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Stephen Offei.</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
  <classification authority="lcc">KRX940.O96</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9789988189860</identifier>
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