In this book, articles by leading tort scholars from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States deal with important theoretical and practical issues that are emerging in the law of torts. The articles analyse recent leading developments in areas such as economic negligence, causation, vicarious liability, non-delegable duty, breach of statutory duty, intentional torts, damages, and tort law in the family. They provide a foretaste of the issues that will face tort law in the near future and offer critical viewpoints that should not go unheeded. With its rich breadth of contributors and topics, Emerging Issues in Tort Law will be highly useful to lawyers, judges and academics across the common law world. Contributors: Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, Kumaralingam Amirthalingam, Peter Benson, Vaughan Black, Peter Cane, Erika Chamberlain, Israel Gilead, Paula Giliker, Rick Glofcheski, Lewis N Klar QC, Michael A Jones, Richard Lewis, John Murphy, Jason W Neyers, Ken Oliphant, David F Partlett, Stephen GA Pitel, Denise Reaume, Robert H Stevens, Andrew Tettenborn, Stephen Todd, Shauna van Praagh, Stephen Waddams, David R Wingfield, Richard W Wright.

IntroductionJASON W NEYERS, ERIKA CHAMBERLAIN AND STEPHEN G A PITEL1. General and Special Tort Law: Uses (and Abuses) of TheoryPETER CANE2. Breach of Statute and Tort LawLEWIS N KLAR3. 'Sois Sage'- Responsibility for Childishness in the Law of Civil WrongsSHAUNA VAN PRAAGH4. Claims of Involuntary Parenthood: Why the Resistance?ELIZABETH ADJIN-TETTEY5. Liability for Psychiatric Damage: Searching for a Path between Pragmatism and PrincipleMICHAEL A JONES6. Should White v Jones Represent Canadian Law: A Return to First PrinciplesPETER BENSON7. Breaches of Contracts and Claims by Third PartiesSTEPHEN WADDAMS8. Policy Issues in Defective Property CasesSTEPHEN TODD9. Defective Structures and Economic Loss in the United States: Law and PolicyDAVID F PARTLETT10. Harm Screening Under Negligence LawISRAEL GILEAD11 Acts and Omissions as Positive and Negative CausesRICHARD W WRIGHT12 Decision Causation: Pandora's Tool-BoxVAUGHAN BLACK13 Non-Delegable Duties and Vicarious LiabilityROBERT STEVENS14 Juridical Foundations of Common Law Non-Delegable DutiesJOHN MURPHY15 Perish Vicarious Liability?DAVID R WINGFIELD16 Comparative Perspectives on Vicarious Liability: Defining the Scope of EmploymentPAULA GILIKER17 What is a Loss?ANDREW TETTENBORN18 The Changing Face of the Gist of NegligenceKUMARALINGAM AMIRTHALINGAM19 Tort Law in Practice: Appearance and Reality in Reforming Periodical Payments of DamagesRICHARD LEWIS20 The Structure of the Intentional TortsKEN OLIPHANT21 The Role of Intention in the Tort in Wilkinson v DowntonDENISE RÉAUME22 Where Principle Meets Pragmatism: Tort Law in Post-Colonial Hong KongRICK GLOFCHESKI