Specific torts and remoteness

Beyond negligence, the law protects the body, land, reputation and freedom from interference through distinct torts such as trespass, nuisance and defamation. This chapter maps each tort to the interest it protects and explains remoteness: even a proven wrong does not make the defendant pay for every remote consequence. A worked example shows a thrown stone that breaks a window and startles a distant horse: the window is recoverable, the far chain of events may not be.