Tort Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide (6th edn) by Carol Brennan

Tort Law Concentrate: Law Revision and Study Guide (6th ed) by Carol Brennan is a student-friendly revision and study guide which is perfect for both pre-reading before lectures or as revision for upcoming examinations or simply to consolidate one's knowledge of the Law of Tort. This guide covers all the major areas of tort law, which students can expect to cover as part of their qualifying law degree at an English or Wales university. However, it should be emphasised that not all Tort modules may cover the full extent that this revision guide does. This book covers a variety of topics, including negligence, trespass, defamation, privacy and defences, and much more.

I really liked this book because it was formatted and structured in a way which made it appear clean and organised which made the whole revision process much more manageable and the chapters are not too long and of varying length up to usually no more than 20 pages. This is partly due to Brennan breaking some of the torts into multiple different chapters, as was the case for the Tort of Negligence. This is extremely good and helps make the revision and reading process much easier and more manageable to the law student who may be put off by overly long chapters, which feature in other revision guides. The language used is also mostly student-friendly throughout the book, with just a few areas where maybe it was not so clear, but this is ultimately a strength of the book, the clarity. Brennan made good use of exam style questions, both essay and problem questions, throughout the book as well as the case summaries and revision tips which are other particular highlights to the book.

There is not much I can criticise about this book. Whereas I mentioned above that the chapters are of a good length and explain the topics in clear language, it may have been nice to see some of the areas explained more fully and in a bit more depth. This is indeed a revision guide but in my opinion there may have been some slight omissions of fundamental knowledge. Having said this, there was a good emphasis on the aims of Tort law throughout which was good.

Altogether, I rate this book 4 stars because it is a very good study and revision guide making it perfect for both those students new to this area of law who want to get some structure to the relevant torts before lectures as well as those revising for assessments. The language used is very clear and student friendly which is not always the case in these books and the chapters are of a good, manageable length. Case summaries are also good for reminding oneself of the cases and their legal principles. I fully recommend this book to any university student who is covering the Law of Tort as part of their studies, although it could also be beneficial to either those studying Law at A-Level to enhance ones knowledge further or even to those waiting to start law school who wish to undertake some pre-reading.