McGregor on damages /
by Harvey McGregor.
- Nineteenth edition.
- clxviii, 2146 pages ; 24 cm + 1 supplement.
- The common law library .
- Common law library. .
Includes index.
Compensatory Damages : -- Object & Terminology : -- The Object Of An Award Of Compensatory Damages -- Terminology used in Compensatory Damages Awards -- The Heads of Compensatory Damages : -- Pecuniary Losses -- Non-Pecuniary Losses -- The Limits of Compensatory Damages : -- The General Problem of Limits -- Reduction of Damages for Contributory Negligence -- Remoteness of Damage -- Mitigation of Damages -- Certainty of Damage -- Past and Prospective Damage -- Non-Compensatory Damages : -- Nominal Damages -- Exemplary Damages -- Restitutionary Damages -- Liquidated Damages -- Vindicatory Damages -- Various General Factors In The Assessment Of Damages : -- The Incidence of Taxation -- The Awarding of Interest -- The Effect of Changes on Value -- The Recovery of Costs, Damages and Fines Incurred in Previous Proceedings -- Damages in Actions Surviving Death -- Particular Contracts & Torts : -- The Measure of Damages in Contract & Tort Compared -- Sale of Goods -- Hire & Hire-Purchase of Goods -- Sale of Land -- Lease of Land -- Sale of Shares and Loan of Stock -- Contracts to Pay or to Lend Money -- Construction Contracts -- Contracts of Carriage -- Contracts of Employment -- Contracts of Professional and Other Services -- Contracts Concerning Principal and Agent -- Contracts of Warranty of Authority by Agent -- Torts Affecting Goods: Damage and Destruction -- Torts Affecting Goods: Misappropriation -- Torts Affecting Land -- Torts Causing Personal Injury -- Torts Causing Death -- Assault and False Imprisonment -- Statutory Torts: Discrimination and Harassment -- Malicious Institution of Legal Proceedings -- Misfeasance In Public Office -- Defamination -- Invasion of Privacy -- Economic Torts -- Misrepresentation -- Damages Under the Human Rights Act -- The Statement of Case -- The Trial -- Appeals. Book 1. Part 1. 2. 3. Part 2. 4. 5. Part 3. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Book 2. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Book 3. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Book 4. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51.
"Widely regarded as the chief authority and the standard work on the law of damages for nearly 150 years, McGregor on Damages new 19th edition adopts a definition of damages, both simplified and enlarged, brought about by the changes in the law that have come about over the years."--Publisher's website.