| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
200.108 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to (1) demonstrate understanding of the principles of negligence in the context of claims for pure mental harm and pure economic loss, vicarious liability, non-delegable duties and other instances of liability for harm done by others, trespass to the person, nuisance and defamation; (2) engage in informed and articulate oral discussion of political, social and philosophical issues surrounding tort law; (3) read and analyse tort cases; (4) solve legal problems which raise torts issues; (5) conduct comprehensive and accurate research into a torts issue using both primary and secondary sources; and (6) write a critical essay which contains an accurate analysis of the law and convincingly presents the writer’s thoughts, arguments and conclusions. |
| Content |
This unit examines the special principles of liability that relate to negligence actions for pure economic loss and pure mental harm (often called nervous shock or psychiatric injury); and the rules relating to vicarious liability and non-delegable duties, which determine whether someone other than the individual tortfeasor is a potential defendant. The unit also considers a representative selection of other torts including trespass to the person, nuisance and defamation. |
| Assessment |
Students are required to attend and participate in seminars, submit a research essay and complete an end-of-semester examination.
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Winthrop Professor Peter Handford |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: LAWS1107 Torts I |
Contact hours—seminars: 3 hrs per week
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| Unit web page |
http://www.law.uwa.edu.au/117285
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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| Text | Luntz, H. and Hambly, D. Torts, Cases and Commentary, 6th edn: LexisNexis Butterworths (or revised 5th edn) 2009
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