Tort Law Defences

The law of torts recognizes many defenses to liability. While some of these defenses have been explored in detail, scant attention has been given to the theoretical foundations of defenses generally. In particular, no serious attempt has been made to explain how defenses relate to each other or to the torts to which they pertain. Now available in paperback, this book reduces the size of this substantial gap in the understanding of tort law. The principal way in which it attempts to do so is by d…