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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Francis McManus (Honorory Professor of Law and Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Stirling and Edinburgh Napier University.)Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 9781399535410ISBN 10: 1399535412 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 30 November 2025 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Duty of Care 2. Negligent Misstatements 3. Pure Economic Loss 4. Psychiatric Injury ‘Nervous Shock’ 5. Breach of Duty of Care 6. Factual Causation 7. Legal Causation 8. DefencesReviewsFrank McManus provides an in-depth treatment of the concept of negligence in the Scots law of delict. Fully aware of the historical complexity of the subject, he nonetheless provides a comprehensive account of the current state of the law on mis-statements, pure economic loss, and psychiatric injury and in addition offers full coverage of factual and legal causation and of defences to negligence actions. The book will be welcomed, not only by students and academic lawyers but also by practitioners and judges.--Hector MacQueen, University of Edinburgh Author InformationFrancis McManus is Honorary Professor of Law at the University of Stirling and Emeritus Professor of Law at Edinburgh Napier University. He is the author of a number of textbooks including, Delict Essentials 4th edition (EUP, 2021), Scottish Environmental Law Essentials (EUP, 2020), Environmental Law in Scotland (SULI) and Environmental Law in Scotland (EUP,2015). He has also contributed to many other books. He has a special interest in, and has published extensively on noise law. He is the National Treasurer and Scottish Chairman of the United Kingdom Noise Association (UKNA). He is also assistant editor and contributor to Scottish Planning and Environmental Law (SPEL). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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