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Advanced Tort Law - JURD7343

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: Torts (LAWS1061/JURD7161). Co-requisite: Resolving Civil Disputes (LAWS2371/JURD7271) OR Litigation 1 (LAWS2311/JURD7211).

Equivalent: LAWS3143

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The law of torts is one of the most significant areas of private law, being the dominant area which vindicates wrongs in the civil arena. Since the basic torts course covers intentional torts, nuisance and negligence this course seeks to go beyond those to consider major issues and difficulties in the law of torts. These include doctrinal issues such as the interface between administrative and tort law in relation to liability of public authorities; theoretical issues such as how responsibility is considered in tort law, and the impact of various torts on society. Since JURD7161 Torts emphasises personal injury, we consider economic loss and the economic torts in this course.

This course is recommended for anyone entering into private practice and those interested in civil litigation as it will significantly expand the student's knowledge of the law of torts, especially in areas of governmental liability and commercial torts.

Recommended prior knowledge

JURD7152 Foundations of Law and JURD7161 Torts are assumed knowledge for this course.

Objectives

To create a deeper understanding of the forms of argument used in tort law
To ensure that students understand the interaction of law, culture and politics in the ebb and flow of tort law over time
To examine the extent to which tort law achieves justice, however defined.
To equip the student with an extensive knowledge of a broad range of torts

Main topics

These will vary, as this is to some extent an issues-based course which is responsive to what is happening in tort law at the time, but topics would include: