Includes bibliographical references and index.

Against certainty in tort law / Ken Oliphant -- Tort law and human flourishing / Nicholas J. McBride -- Private and public : the mixed concept of vindication in torts and private law / Kit Barker -- 'We do this in the criminal law and that in the law of tort' : a new fusion debate / Graham Virgo -- Challenging the orthodoxy of crime's precedence over tort : suspending a tort claim where a crime may exist / Matthew Dyson -- Legislative challenges to orthodoxy / James Lee -- Statutes and civil liability in the Commonwealth and the United States : a comparative critique / Neil Foster -- The 'doubles the risk' test for causation and other related judicial misconceptions about epidemiology / Claire McIvor -- Rationalising loss of a chance in tort / Sandy Steel -- When is emotional distress harm? / Gregory C. Keating -- Rethinking contributory negligence / James Goudkamp -- Nuisance law and damages in lieu of an injunction : challenging the orthodoxy of the Shelfer Criteria / Mark L Wilde -- The tort of conspiracy as a can of worms / Hazel Carty -- Aid, abet, counsel or procure? / Paul S. Davies -- 'That unhappy expression' : malice at the margins / Elspeth Reid -- Dissociating the two forms of so-called 'vicarious liability' / Christine Beuermann.