Dear Colleagues:

Congratulations go out to ODGers, Justice James Edelman, Simone Degeling and James Goudkamp on the publication of Torts in Commercial Law (2012: Thomson Reuters).  The table of contents of this excellent collection is listed below.  More information can be found at: http://www.thomsonreuters.com.au/catalogue/productdetails.asp?id=12270.

Happy Reading,

INTRODUCTION  

  1.      James Edelman, James Goudkamp and Simone Degeling, The Foundations of Torts in Commercial Law

 

PART I: GENERAL THEMES AND DIRECTIONS

     2.      Robert French, Torts in Commercial Law: Promiscuous Entanglement or Blessed Union?

     3.                 Robert Stevens, The Divergence of the Australian and English Law of Torts

     4.      Barbara McDonald, Tort’s Role in Protecting Privacy: Current and Future Directions

     5.      Simon Douglas, Actionable Interferences in the Chattel Torts: A New Perspective on Economic Loss?

 

PART II: ECONOMIC TORTS AND ECONOMIC LOSS

 

     6.                 Leonard Hoffmann, The Rise and Fall of the Economic Torts

     7.       Jason Neyers, Causing Loss by Unlawful Means: Should the High Court of Australia follow OBG Ltd v Allan?

     8.       Mark Gergen, Principles for Resolving Hard Cases of Carelessly Caused Pure Economic Loss

     9.       Kit Barker, Relational Economic Loss and Indeterminacy: The Search for Rational Limits The

 

 PART III: INSURANCE AND THE STATE

10.    Jenny Steele, Tort, Insurance, and the Resources of Private Law

11. Prue Vines, Misfeasance in Public Office: Old Tort, New Tricks?

12.    Lewis Klar, The Tort Liability of Public Authorities: The Canadian Experience

 

 

PART IV: CAUSATION, DAMAGES AND DEFENCES

     13.  James Allsop, Causation in Commercial Law

     14.  Jane Stapleton, Reflections on Common Sense Causation in Australia

     15.   Andrew Burrows, Comparing Compensatory Damages in Tort and Contract: Some Problematic Issues

     16. William Swadling, Restitutionary Damages: The Property Puzzle

     17.   Stephen Todd, Vicarious Liability, Personal Liability and Exemplary Damages

     18.   Grant Hammond, Exemplary Damages

     19.   James Goudkamp, A Taxonomy of Tort Law Defences

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Jason Neyers
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