diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e9eabba..2e12fe9 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ set(TEST_NAMES
     test_from_toml
     test_parse_file
     test_parse_unicode
-    )
+    test_error_detection
+)
 
 CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wall" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WALL)
 CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wpedantic" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WPEDANTIC)
diff --git a/tests/test_error_detection.cpp b/tests/test_error_detection.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da6b71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_error_detection.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE "test_error_detection"
+#ifdef UNITTEST_FRAMEWORK_LIBRARY_EXIST
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#else
+#define BOOST_TEST_NO_LIB
+#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <toml.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_empty_key)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string("= \"value\""));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_empty_key");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        // to see the error message
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_missing_value)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string("a ="));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_missing_value");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_too_many_value)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string("a = 1 = \"value\""));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_too_many_value");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_duplicate_table)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string(
+            "[table]\n"
+            "a = 42\n"
+            "[table]\n"
+            "b = 42\n"
+            ));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_duplicate_table");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_conflict_array_table)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string(
+            "[[table]]\n"
+            "a = 42\n"
+            "[table]\n"
+            "b = 42\n"
+            ));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_conflict_array_table");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_conflict_table_array)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string(
+            "[table]\n"
+            "a = 42\n"
+            "[[table]]\n"
+            "b = 42\n"
+            ));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_conflict_table_array");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_duplicate_value)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string(
+            "a = 1\n"
+            "a = 2\n"
+            ));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_duplicate_value");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_conflicting_value)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string(
+            "a.b   = 1\n"
+            "a.b.c = 2\n"
+            ));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_conflicting_value");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_inhomogeneous_array)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string(
+            "a = [1, 1.0]\n"
+            ));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_inhomogeneous_array");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_detect_appending_array_of_table)
+{
+    std::istringstream stream(std::string(
+            "a = [{b = 1}]\n"
+            "[[a]]\n"
+            "b = 2\n"
+            ));
+    bool exception_thrown = false;
+    try
+    {
+        toml::parse(stream, "test_detect_appending_array_of_table");
+    }
+    catch(const toml::syntax_error& syn)
+    {
+        std::cerr << syn.what() << std::endl;
+        exception_thrown = true;
+    }
+    BOOST_CHECK(exception_thrown);
+}
+