Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

INS 201 — Law of Tort

INS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain the nature of a tort and how torts are classified
• appreciate the principles governing the main torts
• describe the main remedies in tort
• explain different concepts such as assault, battery and force imprisonment in tort law
• explain conspiracy as a tort; and
• describe vicarious liability

Course contents

The nature of Tort, intentional tort to the person – assault, battery, false imprisonment. Other intentional torts to the person: intentional tort to property, trespass to land, trespass to Chattels, conversion. Other intentional torts to property. Defense to intentional torts. Negligence. Nuisance, The Rule of Ryland V Fletcher.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study INS 201.

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