1.Introduction -- I.General -- II.Outlook -- III.Scope -- IV.Use -- 2.The Conventional View -- I.A Debate: A Comment on Style -- II.The View -- III.An Account of the Law -- IV.Two Specific Difficulties with the Conventional View -- V.Conclusion -- 3.The Grounds of Liability -- I.Finding the Ground -- II.Examining the Ground -- III.The Structure of Analysis -- IV.The Case Law -- 4.Illustrations of the General Principle -- I.The Rule of Give and Take, Live and Let Live -- II.The Location -- III.The Sensitivity of the Claimant -- IV.The Duration of the Interference -- V.Isolated Events -- 5.The Activity -- I.The Description of the Parties' Activities -- II.The Malice Doctrine -- 6.Coming to a Nuisance -- I.Bliss v Hall -- II.Sturges v Bridgman -- III.Miller v Jackson -- IV.Kennaway v Thompson -- V.Why ̀Who Got There First?' Does Not Matter -- VI.Miller v Jackson Revisited -- 7.A Nuisance Coming to You -- I.Three Views -- II.The Traditional Law --
III.The Slide to Negligence -- IV.Criticism of the Contemporary Approach -- V.An Alternative Approach -- VI.Revisiting the Case Law -- 8.Fault and Foreseeability -- I.Introduction -- II.Fault, Negligence and Foreseeability -- III.Foreseeability and Nuisance -- IV.Justifying Strict Liability -- 9.The Rule in Rylands v Fletcher -- I.The Relationship between Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher -- II.The Place of Rylands v Fletcher in the Modern Law -- 10.The Parties -- I.Standing: Who Can Sue? -- II.Identifying the Defendant: Who Can Be Sued? -- 11.Statutory Authority -- 12.Remedies -- I.Injunctions -- II.Remoteness -- 13.Conclusion
Summary
This monograph seeks to recast the law of nuisance as the method that the common law utilizes prioritizing property rights so that conflicts between users of property can be resolved
Analysis
Australian
Notes
Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index
