UNSW Handbook Course - Advanced Issues in Torts

Advanced Issues in Torts - LAWS3049


	Faculty: Faculty of Law
	School: Faculty of Law
	Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 8
	EFTSL: 0.167 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 2
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 9220, 5740 or 9230.
	Fee Band: 3 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course considers current issues in tort law and focuses on providing some of the tools necessary to understand how the law of tort(s) might develop in new contexts. The course reviews recent developments in a range of torts, including intentional torts, economic torts, and torts covering claims for personal injury including negligence. The course does not review the tort of defamation. In addition it considers the interaction between tort and human rights in a number of countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom and how rights might be protected in a country without a Bill of Rights such as Australia.

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