Prelims; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Rights Protected by the Chattel Torts; 2. Property Rights Relating to Chattels; 3. Types of Property Rights; Part II. Liability for Intentional Interferences with Chattels. Introduction to Part II; 4. Conversion; 5. Detinue; 6. Trespass; 7. A Single Tort; Part III. Liability for Unintentional Interferences with Chattels. Introduction to Part III; 8. Introduction to the Tort of Negligence; 9. Establishing 'Duty' and 'Fault' in Negligence; Part IV. Applying the Structure to Remedies
Summary
The book examines the protection of property rights in chattels through the law of torts, focusing on the four actions of conversion, detinue, trespass and negligence. Traditionally these actions have been governed by arcane divisions which have led to unnecessary complexity and arbitrariness. The principal argument made in the book is that significant developments in the modern law point towards abolition of these arcane divisions and permit the chattel torts to be understood by reference to a coherent and justifiable structure. It is argued that the only division which should be drawn in the
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index
