Law of Torts

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Table of Contents
UNIT - I Nature of Law of Torts
1. Definition of 'Tort
2. Essentials or Elements or Components or Ingredients of Torts [Wrongful Act and Legal Damages]
3. Development of Law of Torts in England and India.
4. 'Damnum Sine Injuria' and 'Injuria Sine Damnum'.
5. Tort Distinguished from Crime
6. Tort Distinguished from Breach of Contract, Breach of Trust and Bailment
7. General Principles of Liability in Torts
UNIT-II Parties, Defences and Liability of Torts
1. Parties to Proceedings [Personal Capacity to sue and to be sued]
2. General Defences to an Action in Torts.
3. Vicarious Liability [Liability for wrongs committed by Others]
4. Liability of the State for Torts [Vicarious liability of Governmen for the Torts committed by its servants]
5. Defence of Sovereign Immunity.
6. Joint Liability [Liability of Joint Tortfeasors]
7. Rule of Strict Liability [Rule in the Rylands v. Fletcher]
8. Doctrine of Absolute Liability
9. Occupier's Liability [liability for Dangerous Land or Premises and Structures]
10. Law of Liability of Animals
UNIT-III Specific Torts affecting the person and property
1. Trespass to the person : Assault and Battery..
2. Wrongful or False Imprisonment : A residuary trespass to person
3. Malicious Prosecution [Abuse of Legal Procedure).
4. Shortened Expectation of Life (Death)..
5. Nervous Shock
6. Trespass to Land [Trespass to Property] [Torts to Realty or Immovable Property].
7. Nuisance
8. Torts relating to Movable Property [Trespass to goods, Detinue and Conversion]
UNIT - IV Torts of Defamation, Negligence and Relations
1. Defamation.
2. Negligence.
3. Torts against Business Relations.
4. Malicious or Injurious Falsehood. 5. Negligent Misstatement
6. Passing off of Damages
7. Conspiracy
8. Torts affecting Family or Domestic Relations
9. Torts relating to Intellectual Property [Torts relating to Incorporeal Personal Property].
UNIT - V Extinction of Liability, Remedies and Damages
1. Extinction or Release or Discharge of Tortious Liability
2. Discharge of Torts [Extinction of Liability in Tort]
3. Death in relation to Tort
4. Remedies
5. Liability arising out of Accidents [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988
6. Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Methods
Annexure-1
Topics of Paper Presentation for Torts
Annexure-2
Case Law for Record Work on Torts
Bibliography.
Subject Index
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Author Details
Dr. S.R. Myneni, M.A., M.Ed., LL.M., Ph.D., P.G. Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication, P.G. Diploma in Econometrics, P.G. Diploma in Mathematics Ekadhika in Vedic Mathematicss, Rashtra Bhasha Praveena (Hindi) Diploma in Russian Language.