First Year Law Guide

Designed as an introduction for tort law students, this book offers a probing analysis of basic concepts and an examination of the everyday human problems that this area of law addresses. The authors guide students through this vital aspect of the Canadian judicial tradition.

Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts, 10th Edition provides a detailed examination of every major area of Canadian tort law. This highly regarded casebook provides a detailed examination of every major area of Canadian tort law. For each topic there are clear explanatory introductions, concise extracts of key judicial decisions and statutes, editorial discussions, detailed notes, questions and references to the literature, and review problems. New in this edition The tenth edition of Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts retains the qualities and features of the previous edition and has added: Recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions on negligent misrepresentation, reasonable foreseeability, and recovery for psychiatric harm. New sections on the nature of damage in negligence, remoteness and losses beyond the scope of the risk. Updated analysis of waivers and exclusion clauses, defamation cases decided pursuant to anti-SLAPP legislation, the conversion of cheques, cyber-bullying and the non-consensual recording and/or distribution of intimate images. Updated discussion of the use of deadly force in defence of property, the use of drones in the context of privacy and trespass to airspace, the illegality defence, nuisance, conspiracy, the unlawful means tort, and Charter damages. New review problems and updates notes that include many recent cases and articles.

Cited in numerous judicial decisions across Canada, The Law of Torts is an indispensable resource for practitioners, judges, and students seeking a concise and accessible introduction to the principles of tort law, as well as the social policies underlying the law. As with its previous editions, this book reviews the foundations, characteristics, and objectives of tort law with specific discussions of negligence, intentional torts, strict liability, vicarious liability, nuisance, and defamation. It explains the relationships between tort law and other branches of private law, including contract law and restitution, and between tort law and public law, particularly the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Also available in the Reference collection.

Tort Law: Cases and Materials, 5th Edition presents tort law not merely as a collection of rules but as a source of legal reasoning that introduces different perspectives. This approach emphasizes the nature of legal argument and provides opportunities to examine various issues using conceptual, theoretical, interdisciplinary, and comparative methodologies. Some of the issues covered in this text include nuisance, reasonable care, mental injury, the duty of care, negligent misrepresentation, vicarious liability, and the negligence liability of public authorities. To access online, click "continue without an account" and check "accept terms and conditions."