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LAW 231 Law of Torts

200 levelLaw10 topics

LAW 231 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. History and principles of tortious liability
  2. Trespass to the person: assault, battery and false imprisonment
  3. Trespass to chattels and conversion
  4. Trespass to land
  5. Negligence and duty of care
  6. Nuisance and the rule in Rylands v Fletcher
  7. Defamation: libel and slander
  8. Vicarious liability
  9. Economic torts and passing off
  10. Remedies and defences in tort

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

History and principles of tortious liability

This topic introduces how the law of torts developed and the basic principles that make a person civilly liable for a wrongful act. For examination purposes, you must understand the historical movement from rigid old forms of action to modern principles of liability, and the core ideas of duty, breach, damage, fault, and remedy that explain when a claimant can succeed.

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