Key Ideas in Tort Law

This is an insightful and well-written book. – Liron Shmilovits * University of Cambridge *This is a very clearly written introduction to the crucial ideas in the Law of Tort. It is both thought-provoking and enjoyable to read. Reading it will be of great assistance to students in any year of undergraduate study who are about to start grappling with what is otherwise a large, and potentially daunting, volume of statute and common law in this field. – John Kelly * University of Lincoln *An intelligent analysis of key concepts in the law of tort. – Eleanor Russell * Glasgow Caledonian University *A book that gets students to broaden their thinking about tort law to evaluate how effective it is as achieving is objectives. – Mark Edwards * Sheffield Hallam University *

Peter Cane is a Senior Research Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge. He was previously Distinguished Professor of Law at the Australian National University College of Law, and before that a Professor of Law at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.