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Torts

LAWS1012

This is a general introductory unit of study concerned with liability for civil wrongs. The unit seeks to examine and evaluate, through a critical and analytical study of primary and secondary materials, the function and scope of modern tort law and the rationale and utility of its governing principles. Particular topics on which the unit will focus include:(a) The relationship between torts and other branches of the common law including contract and criminal law;(b) The role of fault as the principal basis of liability in the modern law;(c) Historical development of trespass and the action on the case and the contemporary relevance of this development;(d) Trespass to the person (battery, assault, and false imprisonment);(e) Trespass to land and private nuisance;(f) The action on the case for intentional injury;(g) Defences to intentional torts;(h) Development and scope of the modern tort of negligence, including detailed consideration of duty of care and breach of duty and causation and remoteness of damage with particular reference to personal and psychiatric injury;(i) Compensation for personal injuries, including special and alternative compensation schemes;(j) Injuries to relational interests, including compensation to relatives of victims of fatal accidents;(k) Defences to negligence.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Junior

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 2, 1

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: LAWS1012

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: No

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