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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Law of tort</title>
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    <namePart>Cooke, John.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Pearson Education</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2003</dateIssued>
    <edition>6th ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents:General principles of tort law:General principles -- The tort of negligence -- Duty of care -- Nervous shock -- Economic loss -- Omissions, third parties and public authorities --Breach of duty and proof of negligence -- Causation and remoteness of damage -- Defences to negligence -- Specific areas of negligence and breach of statutory duty:Defective premises -- Defective products -- Breach of statutory duty -- Employers liability -- Medical negligence and related issues -- Trespass to land -- Nuisance -- Rylands v Fletcher and liability for fire -- Miscellaneous torts:Liability for animals -- Trespass to the person -- Defamation -- Deceit, malicious falsehood and passing off -- Parties, defence and remedies:Vicarious liability -- Joint and several liability -- Limitation -- General defences -- Remedies -- Extracts from statutes.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">John Cooke</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
  <classification authority="lcc">KD1949.C665</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0582473489</identifier>
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