Chapter 2 Further reading

Negligence: duty of care

Books

M Lunney et al, Tort Law: text and materials (Oxford University Press, 6th edn, 2017)

R Stevens, Torts and Rights (Oxford University Press, 2009)

Articles

R Mullender, ‘Negligence law, the welfare state and “our moral life”’ (2009) Professional Negligence 187

An analysis of the possible incompatibility between the political ideal of welfarism and the moral underpinnings of much of negligence law.

A Robertson, ‘Justice, community welfare and the duty of care’ (2011) LQR 370

A comparative assessment of the tests for duty of care in novel situations which advocates a return to the two-stage approach of Anns v Merton LBC.

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