Multiple-choice quizzes and commentary
Tort law students are encouraged to complete in their own time these multiple-choice quizzes, which draw from the content in Tort Law: Cases and Commentaries (2021 CanLIIDocs 1859):
- §2: Trespass to the Person
- §3: Intentional Infliction of Mental Suffering
- §4: Invasion of Privacy
- §6: Defences (I)
- §7: Intentional Interference with Real Property
- §8: Intentional Interference with Chattels
- §9: Remedies (I)
- §10: Tort Theory
- §13: Duty of Care
- §14-15: Breach of Duty of Care and Damage
- §§16-17: Causation and Remoteness
- §18: Defences (II)
- §§19.1-19.5: Difficult Categories of Negligence
- §20: Remedies (II)
- §21: Nuisance
- §22: Strict Liability
- §23: Vicarious Liability
Guided answer exercises
The following guided answer exercises, which build upon these Torts Exam Answer Rubrics, are designed to help students practice answering law school exam questions:
- Problem Question – Boaz’s Bad Birthday (§2) (battery and assault)
- Problem Question – Superstore Sleuths (§3-§4) (mental suffering and privacy)
- Problem Question – Devi’s Dance (§13-§20) (host negligence)
- Essay Question – Why Care about Fault? (strict liability)
Study resources
Students who are new to law school will benefit from reading B. Friedman & J.C.P. Goldberg, Open Book: The Inside Track to Law School Success (2nd ed, New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2016), reviewing the free JD Advising resources on case briefs, outlining CANs, and law school exams, reading the Touro Law Center’s resource on Working with IRAC, and listening to the Just Torts Podcast (U Sydney) on “Problem Question Help & Mental Health” (Dec 1, 2017).