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LAW1218 Torts II
SCHOOL OF LAW AND JUSTICE
Credit Points: 15
Prerequisites:
LAW1117 Torts I
 
Description:

This unit builds on the learning outcomes and graduate attributes achieved by the successful completion of Torts I and considers, in detail, the recovery of damages under the tort of negligence for psychiatric injury and purely economic loss, the strict liability torts of trespass to person and land, nuisance and defamation, and vicarious liability. Advocates' immunity to a negligence action will also be critically reviewed.



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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets
K61Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Laws
V72Bachelor of Laws
K50Bachelor of Laws
Y67Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Arts
Y04Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Business
K30Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Criminology and Justice
K58Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Psychological Science
 
 
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014