Vicarious liability is controversial: a principle of strict liability in an area dominated by fault-based liability. By making an innocent party pay compensation for the torts of another, it can also appear unjust. Yet it is a principle found in all Western legal systems, be they civil law or common law. Despite uncertainty as to its justifications, it is accepted as necessary. In our modern global economy, we are unlikely to understand its meaning and rationale through study of one legal system alone. Using her considerable experience as a comparative tort lawyer, Paula Giliker examines the principle of vicarious liability (or, to a civil lawyer, liability for the acts of others) in England and Wales, Australia, Canada, France and Germany, and with reference to legal systems in countries such as the United States, New Zealand and Spain.

This guide offers comprehensive coverage, providing the user with access to current, frequent and authoritative information on all aspects of tort.

Clerk & Lindsell on Torts is the definitive work on the law of torts. Widely referred to and cited by practitioners and the judiciary, no other work offers such breadth and depth of coverage. Part of Sweet & Maxwell's renowned Common Law Library, Clerk & Lindsell is an essential reference for practitioners dealing with any aspect of tort law. The first new edition since 1995, the 18th edition has been updated to include key legislation and case law. It considers the implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 for the law of tort and the effect of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. * Includes a new chapter on Breach of Fiduciary Duty, including consideration of the increasing relevance of equitable principles on liability in tort * Includes a new chapter on Public Bodies which examines recent case law concerning misfeasance and public authority liability.

'Street on Tort' has long been renowned for its clear and wide-ranging coverage of the law of torts, explaining how torts actually work and the social purposes behind them. This edition continues to cover the range of torts, and takes account of the growing importance of the Human Rights Act in tort issues.

The law of torts is concerned with the secondary obligations generated by the infringement of primary rights. This work seeks to show that this apparently simple proposition enables us to understand the law of torts as found in the common law. Using primarily English materials, but drawing heavily upon the law of other common law jurisdictions, Stevens seeks to give an account of the law of torts which relies upon the core material familiar to most students and practitioners with a grasp of the law of torts. This material is drawn together in support of a single argument in a provocative and accessible style, and puts forward a new theoretical model for analysing the law of torts, providing an overarching framework for radically reconceiving the subject.