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The Protection of Property Rights Through Tort Law book cover

1st Edition

The Protection of Property Rights Through Tort Law

By Victoria Evans Copyright 2026
164 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book analyses the problems caused by relying on tort law mechanisms to protect tangible property interests in the common law and suggests a new way of thinking to rectify these issues. As English common law relies primarily on tort law for the protection of tangible property interests, property rights are protected by a group of claims that as a whole are informed by a set of concerns that... Read more

1. Introduction

Part I: The Foundations of the Tortious Protection of Property

2. Property: What is the ‘Property’ that Needs Protecting through Tort Law

3. Tort Law: An Introduction to the Property Torts

Part II: The Implications of Relying on Tort Law to Protect Property

4. Bringing a Claim: The Influence of ‘Loss-Thinking’

5. Remedying an Interference with Property

Part III: A New Solution for the Tortious Protection of Property

6. Implications and a Suggestion Already Made

7. A New Proposal

8. Conclusion

Biography

Victoria Evans (née Ball) is a Lecturer in Private Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London. Her research interests lie predominantly in the intersection of Property Law and Tort Law, with a specific interest on the ‘Property Torts’. Prior to her appointment at KCL she completed her PhD at the University of Leicester and her LLM and LLB at the University of Birmingham.

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