Nicholas McBride

Help your students begin to understand tort law like professionals with this accessible text. Written by two leading scholars, Tort Law, 7th edition,provides a comprehensive and easily accessible account of all areas of tort law, as well as discussion of the key academic debates and literature in this subject. It is ideal for use by anyone studying tort law or private law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

For students studying tort law at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Understand tort law like professionals with this accessible text. Written by two leading scholars, Tort Law, 7th edition, provides a comprehensive and easily accessible account of all areas of tort law, as well as discussion of the key academic debates and literature in this subject. It is ideal for use by anyone studying tort law or private law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

This book provides an in-depth and easy to understand account of a subject that students often find dauntingly difficult to master. The opening chapter sets out some definitions of what a trust is, and goes on to clearly explain the history of trusts law and how both trusts law and the roles played by trusts have changed over time. Different types of trust (trusts for persons, charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts, express trusts, constructive trusts, and resulting trusts) are explored in detail over the following two chapters. The fourth chapter sets out the law on when someone will commit a breach of trust and what remedies will be available when such a breach is committed; the obscure and intimidating terminology that affects this area of law is explained and made easy to use. A concluding chapter explores the harms caused by trusts law, particularly through its use to store wealth in tax havens abroad, and considers possibilities for reforming the law to mitigate those harms. With references to almost 150 books and articles, and almost 150 cases, this book will save students a huge amount of time in terms of developing a sophisticated knowledge of the past, present and potential futures of trusts law both in England & Wales, and across the world, as well as the academic and judicial debates that surround this area of law.

Teach your students the core principles of studying law with this helpful companion. Letters to a Law Student, 5th edition, introduces law for aspiring law students in a personable read, with practical advice and insights on transitioning from school and studying law to build confidence and embed core study and legal skills for career success.

The Humanity of Private Law presents a new way of thinking about English private law. Making a decisive break from earlier views of private law, which saw private law as concerned with wealth-maximisation or preserving relationships of mutual independence between its subjects, the author argues that English private law’s core concern is the flourishing of its subjects.THIS VOLUME- presents a critique of alternative explanations of private law;- defines and sets out the key building blocks of private law;- sets out the vision of human flourishing (the RP) that English private law has in mind in seeking to promote its subjects’ flourishing;- shows how various features of English private law are fine-tuned to ensure that its subjects enjoy a flourishing existence, according to the vision of human flourishing provided by the RP;- explains how other features of English private law are designed to preserve private law’s legitimacy while it pursues its core concern of promoting human flourishing;- defends the view of English private law presented here against arguments that it does not adequately fit the rules and doctrines of private law, or that it is implausible to think that English private law is concerned with promoting human flourishing.A follow-up volume will question whether the RP is correct as an account of what human flourishing involves, and consider what private law would look like if it sought to give effect to a more authentic vision of human flourishing.The Humanity of Private Law is essential reading for students, academics and judges who are interested in understanding private law in common law jurisdictions, and for anyone interested in the nature and significance of human flourishing.

Part II of The Humanity of Private Law charts a new course for English private law in the twenty-first century. Part I set out the vision of human flourishing that English private law has in mind in seeking to promote its subjects’ flourishing. Part II argues in favour of a very different account of what human flourishing involves, and explains what private law would look like were it to base itself on this alternative vision of the nature of human flourishing. This volume: sets out and evaluates different models of what human flourishing involves; argues in favour of the view that human flourishing involves being engaged in a quest to lead a truthful life; explains in what ways a private law that sought to foster this distinctive vision of human flourishing would be different from English private law in its current state, in particular with regard to: (i) tackling fraud; (ii) promoting freedom of speech; (iii) preserving attention capacities; (iv) protecting people from being subjected to degrading or hateful treatment; and (v) enabling people to make a fresh start in their lives; and, considers whether and when it would be legitimate for the courts to transform English private law in the ways suggested in this volume. Part II of The Humanity of Private Law is a radical and prophetic book that is essential reading for anyone who is interested in understanding the contribution private law can make to our living in a society that promotes the flourishing of all its members.

The Humanity of Private Law presents a new way of thinking about English private law. Making a decisive break from earlier views of private law, which saw private law as concerned with wealth-maximisation or preserving relationships of mutual independence between its subjects, the author argues that English private law’s core concern is the flourishing of its subjects.THIS VOLUME- presents a critique of alternative explanations of private law;- defines and sets out the key building blocks of private law;- sets out the vision of human flourishing (the RP) that English private law has in mind in seeking to promote its subjects’ flourishing;- shows how various features of English private law are fine-tuned to ensure that its subjects enjoy a flourishing existence, according to the vision of human flourishing provided by the RP;- explains how other features of English private law are designed to preserve private law’s legitimacy while it pursues its core concern of promoting human flourishing;- defends the view of English private law presented here against arguments that it does not adequately fit the rules and doctrines of private law, or that it is implausible to think that English private law is concerned with promoting human flourishing.A follow-up volume will question whether the RP is correct as an account of what human flourishing involves, and consider what private law would look like if it sought to give effect to a more authentic vision of human flourishing.The Humanity of Private Law is essential reading for students, academics and judges who are interested in understanding private law in common law jurisdictions, and for anyone interested in the nature and significance of human flourishing.

Gain the tools to understand tort law like a professional with this accessible and current text. Tort Law, 6th edition, Global Edition, by Nicholas McBride and Roderick Bagshaw, is an essential text for anyone studying law. Written by two leading scholars in the field, this book will equip you with all the information you need to succeed in your studies, combining detailed coverage of legal principles with wider literature and discussions on topics to develop your critical thinking skills. The text supports your learning through hypothetical case scenarios and guided further reading. Now in its 6th edition, Tort Law has been extensively updated to include the latest information available on the subject, including all important case-law and legislative developments. Such developments include material on: The expansion of vicarious liability.The treatment of the notion of ‘defect.'Reinvigoration of the tort.Recognition of a tort of the malicious institution of civil proceedings.Attempts to reform the law on the defence of illegality. With its range of learning features and the latest available information, this text is ideal for studying tort law at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

This book introduces the reader to a number of ideas and issues that underlie the English law of contract—an area of law that is often regarded as forbiddingly dry and technical but which is here made easy to understand and full of interest.Taking as its starting point the role contract law plays in helping markets to operate, the book explains how contract law regulates the commercial risks people take, while at the same time placing limits on what may be bought and sold, and ensuring that contractual powers are not unacceptably abused. A final chapter discusses how contract law can be used to make gifts of binding promises to other people. The book provides a rigorous and stimulating journey through the ideas underpinning contract law and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the subject.‘Clearly written and bursting with interesting and novel ideas, this lively book will be a great resource for anyone interested in Contract Law.’Paul S Davies, Professor of Commercial Law, University College London