Now in its eighth edition <em>Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law</em> provides a general overview of the law and full discussion of the academic debates on all major topics highlighting the relationship between the common law legislation and judicial policy. <br>In addition the authors provide a variety of comparative and economic perspectives on the law of tort and its likely development always placing the subject in its socio-economic context thereby giving students a deeper and richer understanding of tort law. <p/>This detailed and authoritative book offers teachers a wide range of topics to cover while providing students with a text which is both descriptive and reflective of this branch of law.<br>