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 UNIT 2: PRIVATE LAW
MODULE 1: LAW OF TORT

GENERAL OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Module, students should:

1. understand Tort Law and its relationships to other areas of law;

2. understand the various Torts; and,

3. develop skills of applying Tort Law to a given set of facts.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES CONTENT

Students should be able to:

1. outline the nature of the Law of The nature of Tort:
Tort;
- definition – wrongful act,
damage/injury, remedy.

2. distinguish the Law of Tort from Differences between the Law of Tort and:
the Law of Contract, Constitutional
Law and Criminal Law; (a) Law of Contract;

(b) Constitutional Law; and,

(c) Criminal Law.

3. apply the principles of negligence; Negligence:

(a) duty;

(b) breach; and,

(c) damage:

(i) remoteness and
foreseeability; and,

(ii) negligent misstatements.

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