| Unit name | Law of Tort II |
|---|---|
| Unit code | LAWDM0105 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. Stanton |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | University of Bristol Law School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This Unit provides complements the Tort I unit by dealing with areas of the subject beyond the tort of negligence. Though broadly doctrinal in focus, it will address the social impact of these areas of law and the policies that underpin them.
The unit will cover the rules governing the torts of trespass to land and the different varieties of nuisance which operate to provide protection to environmental and property interests. It will also cover the torts which protect privacy and reputation. All of these torts will be considered in the context in which they operate (ie the role of non-litigious alternatives to these torts will be considered).
The unit aims to develop an understanding of legal doctrine in its field along with associated historical and socio-political perspectives. Students will receive practice in handling case-law and statutory materials in accordance with the common law method of the English Legal System and law derived from the European Convention on Human Rights. They will be equipped to research topics in the field of the unit from a standard range of legal materials, using both paper and electronic resources.
After completing the unit, students will be able to display a developed knowledge of the principles of the English law of tort covered in the unit, to provide thoughtful and well-researched solutions to legal problems and engage in the discussion of legal issues from an informed legal, critical, socio-political and theoretical perspective.
Four fortnightly two-hour seminars and attendance at relevant weekly one-hour lectures.
1,500-2000 word research essay which will test students’ research skills as regards the rules governing the torts of trespass to land and the different varieties of nuisance which operate to provide protection to environmental and property interests, or the torts which protect privacy and reputation. Students will be assessed according to their ability to make sense of legal doctrine in the context of historical and socio-political perspectives. Their independent research skills will also be tested.
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