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LS459 Advanced Torts

Updated: 19 December 2007
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam June
Pre-requisites 48 cp in Legal Studies including LS 132 or 232
Co-requisites None
Restrictions LS 359
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Mark Lunney (mlunney@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit builds on the material covered in the compulsory first-year units LS 231 and 232, covering certain areas of tort and tortious liability in greater detail. In particular, emphasis is placed on changes to the common law made by the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW).

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Torts: Cases and Commentary
ISBN: 9780409323535
Luntz, H. and Hambly, D., LexisNexis Butterworths 5th revised ed. 2006
Text For: Semester 1; On and Off Campus
The Law of Torts in Australia
ISBN: 9780195516203
Trindade, F.A., Cane, P. and Lunney, M., Oxford University Press 4th ed. 2007
Text For: Semester 1; On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Law of Torts
ISBN: 9780409316902
Balkin, R.P. and Davis, J.L.R., LexisNexis Butterworths 3rd ed. 2004
Text For: Semester 1; On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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