Programma di Comparative Law Of Contracts And Torts:

  • Unit I
  • definition of contract
  • Classification of contracts
  • The elements of a contract (an introduction)
  • The concept of consideration
  • Unit II
  • Formation and interpretation of contracts
  • Third party rights
  • Good faith
  • Fairness
  • Unit III
  • Changes of circumstances during the liftime of the contract
  • The death of a contract (discharge; Remedies for breach)
  • Unit IV
  • Freedom of contract
  • The terms of the contract
  • The clauses in a contract
  • Unit V
  • Boilerplate clauses
  • Unit VI
  • Introduction to Tort law
  • Donoghue v Stevenson: Concept of Duty of Care in the Tort of Negligence
  • Monroe v Hopkins: The Tort of Defamation
  • Unit VII
  • Thompson-Schwab and Another v Costaki and Another: The Tort of Private Nuisance
  •  Fagan v Commissioner of Metropolitan Police: The Tort of Battery
  • Viasystems Ltd v Thermal Transfer Ltd: The Tort of Vicarious Liability
  • Unit VIII
  • Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd: Concept of Duty of Care in the Tort of Negligence
  • Caparo Industries plc v Dickman: Concept of Duty of Care in the Tort of Negligence
  • Rylands v Fletcher: the strict liability