PRINCIPLES OF TORT LAW

LAW2TOT

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Tort law provides a private, civil law action in pursuit of reparation, normally in the form of a monetary award of damages, as compensation for harm inflicted by another, with respect to one of a number of recognised interests of a personal and economic nature. In modern society most of these interests are vindicated by the pivotal action in negligence, hence the majority of attention is devoted to an understanding of that tort. Other torts included in the study are strict liability, nuisance, trespass and defamation.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Kenneth Warner

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: (LAW1LIM and LAW1PPL) or admission in the (LVLG or LVLGE or LVLGB or LVLGEB)

Co-requisites: LAW1LIM for students admitted in the (LVLG or LVLGE or LVLGB or LVLGEB)

Incompatible subjects: LAW2TOR

Equivalent subjects: LAW2TOR

Special conditions: Must be admitted to any Bachelor of Laws UG degree or have permission from Law Director of Programs

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Cases on Torts	Prescribed	McDonald, B and Anderson, R	FEDERATION PRESS, 5TH EDITION, 2012

Bendigo, 2014, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Kenneth Warner

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 13 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 13 to week 22 and delivered via online.

TutorialWeek: 13 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 13 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
one 1000 word take- home examination		25
one 3-hour examination		75

Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day