1. Introduction PART I: From soil mechanics to the processes leading to slope movement and failure 2. Soil behaviour and properties in the context of slopes 3. Processes of formation of natural slopes 4. Factors influencing slope stability 5. Mechanisms and causes of slope instability PART II: Well documented case histories 6. Case histories of falls Rock falls in the Reunion Island: Durville et al. (France) 7.

Case histories of topples Topple in France: Scavia et al. (Italy) 8. Case histories of first time slides The St-Hilaire test excavation: Lafleur et al. (Canada) The Maskinong slide: Demers et al. (Canada) The Selborne slide: Bromhead et al. (UK) The Isle of Sheppey slides: Bromhead et al. (UK) The Cortes de Pallas slide: Alonso et al. (Spain) The Lavini de Marco slide : Tommasi et al.

(Italy) The Pointe du Fort submarine slide : Locat et al. (Canada) The Santa-Barbara slides: D'Elia et al. (Italy) Case in loess: TBD (China)  The Devon Slide: N. Morgenstern (Canada) 9. Case histories of active and reactivated slides The Vallcebre slide: Corominas et al. (Spain) The La Frasse slide: Bonnard et al. (Switzerland) The Salldes test embankment on unstable slope: TBD (France) 10. Case histories of flow-like landslides The Aberfan flowslide: Siddle & Hutchinson (UK) The Rissa slide: Grande et al.

(Norway) The Storrega submarine landslide: Kvalstad et al. (Norway) The Cervinara flowslide: Olivares et al. (Italy) Debris flows in residual soils: Lacerda et al. (Brazil) The Basento valley mudslides: Urciuoli et al. (Italy) The Super-Sauze mudslide: Malet et al. (France) The Slumgullion mudslide: Coe & Savage (USA) The Mount Kaba-san slide: Ochiai et al. (Japan) 11. Case histories of spreads The St-Liguori spread: Leroueil et al.

(Canada) The Bisaccia spread: Picarelli et al. (Italy) 12. Case histories of slope deformation The Randa case: Eberhardt et al. (Switzerland) The case of La Clapierre slope: Durville et al. (France) Cases in London clay: Kovacevic et al. (UK) References.