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    19th Century · English

    The Law of Torts

    Sir Frederick Pollock

    The Law of Torts, by Sir Frederick Pollock (1845–1937), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    113
    Variants
    113
    Genre
    Law
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01To the Honourable Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junr., a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusprose
    2. 02Addenda.prose
    3. 03Book I.—: General Part, Chapter I.: The Nature of Tort in General.prose
    4. 04Group C.: Wrongs affecting person and property.Wrongs to Person, Estate, and Property generally.prose
    5. 05Chapter II.: Principles of Liability.prose
    6. 06Chapter III.: Persons Affected by Torts, 1.—: Limitations of Personal Capacity.prose
    7. 072.—: Effect of a Party’s Death.prose
    8. 083.: Liability for the Torts of Agents and Servants.prose
    9. 09Chapter IV.: General Exceptions.prose
    10. 101.—: Acts of State.prose
    11. 112.—: Judicial Acts.prose
    12. 123.—: Executive Acts.prose
    13. 134.—: Quasi-judicial Acts.prose
    14. 145.—: Parental and quasi-parental Authority.prose
    15. 156.—: Authorities of Necessity.prose
    16. 167.—: Damage incident to authorized Acts.prose
    17. 178.—: Inevitable Accident.prose
    18. 189.—: Exercise of common Rights.prose
    19. 1910.—: Leave and Licence: Volenti non fit iniuria.prose
    20. 2011.—: Works of necessity.prose
    21. 2112.—: Private defence.prose
    22. 2213.—: Plaintiff a wrong-doer.prose
    23. 23Chapter V.: Of Remedies for Torts.prose
    24. 24Chapter VI.: Personal Wrongs, I.—: Assault and Battery.prose
    25. 25Ii.—: False Imprisonment.prose
    26. 26Iii.—: Injuries in Family Relations.prose
    27. 27Chapter VII.: Defamation.prose
    28. 281.—: Slander.prose
    29. 292.—: Defamation in general.prose
    30. 303.—: Exceptions.prose
    31. 31Chapter VIII.: Wrongs of Fraud and Malice, I.—: Deceit.prose
    32. 32Ii.—: Slander of Title.prose
    33. 33Iii.—: Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process.prose
    34. 34Iv.—: Other Malicious Wrongs.prose
    35. 35Chapter IX.: Wrongs to Possession and Property, I.—: Duties regarding Property generally.prose
    36. 36Ii.—: Trespass.prose
    37. 37Iii.—: Injuries to Reversion.prose
    38. 38Iv.—: Waste.prose
    39. 39V.—: Conversion.prose
    40. 40Vi.—: Injuries between Tenants in Common.prose
    41. 41Vii.—: Extended Protection of Possession.prose
    42. 42Viii.—: Wrongs to Easements, etc.prose
    43. 43Ix.—: Grounds of Justification and Excuse.prose
    44. 44X.—: Remedies.prose
    45. 45Chapter X.: Nuisance.prose
    46. 46Chapter XI.: Negligence, I.—: The General Conception.prose
    47. 47Ii.—: Evidence of Negligence.prose
    48. 48Iii.—: Contributory Negligence.prose
    49. 49Iv.—: Auxiliary Rules and Presumptions.prose
    50. 50Chapter XII.: Duties of Insuring Safety.prose
    51. 51Chapter XIII.: Special Relations of Contract and Tort.prose
    52. 52I.—: Alternative Forms of Remedy on the same Cause of Action.prose
    53. 53Ii.—: Concurrent Causes of Action.prose
    54. 54Iii.—: Causes of action dependent on collateral contract. What did Lumley v. Gye decide? Causes of Action in Tort dependprose
    55. 55Iv.—: Measure of Damages and other Incidents of the Remedy.prose
    56. 56Appendix a. Historical Note on the Classification of the Forms of Personal Action.prose
    57. 57Appendix B. Employers’ Liability Act, 1880.prose
    58. 58Appendix C. Statutes of Limitation, An Acte for lymytacion of Accions, and for avoyding of Suits in Lowe. (21 James I. cprose
    59. 59An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice. (4 & 5 Anne, c. 3).prose
    60. 60Appendix D. Contributory Negligence in Roman Law.prose
    61. 61Prefatory Note.prose
    62. 62A Bill to define and amend certain parts of the Law of Civil Wrongs. Preliminary.prose
    63. 63General Part, Chapter I.: General Principles of Liability.prose
    64. 64General Part, Illustration.prose
    65. 65General Part, Illustrations.prose
    66. 66General Part, Illustrations. (2)prose
    67. 67General Part, Illustrations. (3)prose
    68. 68General Part, Illustrations. (4)prose
    69. 69Chapter II.: General Exceptions.prose
    70. 70General Part, Illustrations. (5)prose
    71. 71General Part, Illustrations. (6)prose
    72. 72General Part, Illustrations. (7)prose
    73. 73General Part, Illustrations. (8)prose
    74. 74General Part, Illustrations. (9)prose
    75. 75General Part, Illustrations. (10)prose
    76. 76General Part, Illustrations. (11)prose
    77. 77General Part, Illustrations. (12)prose
    78. 78General Part, Illustrations. (13)prose
    79. 79General Part, Illustrations. (14)prose
    80. 80General Part, Illustrations. (15)prose
    81. 81Special Part, Illustrations.prose
    82. 82Special Part, Illustrations. (2)prose
    83. 83Special Part, Illustration.prose
    84. 84Chapter IV.: Defamation.prose
    85. 85Exceptions.prose
    86. 86Special Part, Illustrations. (3)prose
    87. 87Special Part, Illustration. (2)prose
    88. 88Special Part, Illustrations. (4)prose
    89. 89Special Part, Illustration. (3)prose
    90. 90Special Part, Illustrations. (5)prose
    91. 91Chapter V.: Wrongs against Good Faith.prose
    92. 92Special Part, Illustrations. (6)prose
    93. 93Chapter VI.: Wrongs to Property.prose
    94. 94Special Part, Illustration. (4)prose
    95. 95Special Part, Illustrations. (7)prose
    96. 96Special Part, Illustration. (5)prose
    97. 97Special Part, Illustration. (6)prose
    98. 98Special Part, Illustrations. (8)prose
    99. 99Special Part, Illustrations. (9)prose
    100. 100Special Part, Illustrations. (10)prose
    101. 101Special Part, Illustrations. (11)prose
    102. 102Special Part, Illustration. (7)prose
    103. 103Special Part, Illustrations. (12)prose
    104. 104Special Part, Illustration. (9)prose
    105. 105Chapter VIII.: Negligence.prose
    106. 106Special Part, Illustrations. (13)prose
    107. 107Special Part, Illustrations. (14)prose
    108. 108Special Part, Illustration. (10)prose
    109. 109Special Part, Illustrations. (15)prose
    110. 110Special Part, Illustrations. (16)prose
    111. 111Special Part, Illustrations. (17)prose
    112. 112Special Part, Illustrations. (18)prose
    113. 113The Schedule. Acts of the Governor General in Council.prose

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    Figures115

    Sir Frederick Pollock · William Blackstone · Willes J. · Lord Blackburn · Lord Bramwell · Ulpian · Bowen L.J. · Lord Campbell · Lord Mansfield · Lord Wensleydale

    Ideas248

    Trespass · Contributory negligence · Nuisance · Malicious prosecution · Negligence · Damages · Trover · Assault and battery · Conversion · Deceit

    Places74

    House of Lords · Court of Appeal · England · Massachusetts · United States · Scotland · British India · Court of Chancery · Court of Common Pleas · Calcutta

    Groups113

    House of Lords · Court of Appeal · The Jury · Parliament · Court of Exchequer · Judicial Committee of the Privy Council · Railway companies · Corporation · Court of Common Pleas · Government of India

    Events56

    Scott v. Shepherd · Rylands v. Fletcher · 1460 licence-revocation case · Action for Defamation · Auction without reserve · Barrel-fall accident · Barwick v. English Joint Stock Bank · Brick-fall accident · Buron v. Denman · Carriage bolt failure

    Objects56

    Balloon · Digest, Ad Legem Aquiliam · Employers' Liability Act, 1880 · Squib · Trench · Barrel of flour · Bill of exchange · Book · Brick · Buggy

    Animals

    Horses · Cow · Dog · Ass · Cattle and beasts · Fox · The defendant's pigs

    472 citations · 354 themes · 1,204 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.