Advanced Issues in Torts - LAWS8149
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: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210 or 5740.
Excluded: JURD7349
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM Specialisation
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
Main Topics
- Developments in the Common Law
- The policy underling statutory reform in the civil liability acts
- The main elements of the civil liability acts
- The liability of statutory authorities
- The category of "obvious risk"
- The impact of the law on sport
- Policy and immunities
- The law concerning apologies
- Compensation for injuries associated with adverse events
- Developments in the law of causation
- Tort law and human rights
- Vicarious liability
- Focusing on topical and practical issues, eg, compensation as it applies to injuries occurring in sport and to injuries associated with adverse events in the health care system
- Considering the impact of tort law on developing notions of human rights
- Considering the impact of tort law on the operations of government, in particular the law concerning the liability of statutory authorities.
Assessment
Research essay | 8,000 words | 80% |
Class participation | Preparation and engagement in class | 20% |