Subject description
After a general introduction to legal and policy issues surrounding tort law, students will commence with a study of the torts of trespass, nuisance,battery, assault, false imprisonment, and the action on the case for wilful injury. Students will then examine principles governing liability in negligence. Throughout the subject, students will … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
LLB 240 - Law of Torts
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Teaching staff
Subject coordinators
Lecturers
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Engagement hours
Contact Hours:1 hr Online Lecture, 2 hr Seminar per week
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Identify and explain the elements of a range of torts, including negligence, and their defences;
2.
Analyse real-world and hypothetical scenarios to identify legal issues and apply legal reasoning to develop and communicate convincing responses to those scenarios;
3.
Evaluate a range of goals that tort law might seek to achieve and the effectiveness of tort law in achieving those goals; and
4.
Evaluate alternatives to the common law of torts, including statutory compensation schemes, and assess their relative merits in achieving the goals identified in SLO 3.