The law of torts examples & explanations /

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Main Author: Glannon, Joseph W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wolters Kluwer, 2015
Edition:5th ed
Series:Examples & explanations series
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245 1 4 |a The law of torts examples & explanations /  |c Joseph W. Glannon, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School 
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260 |a New York :  |b Wolters Kluwer,  |c 2015 
300 |a xvii, 679 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 26 cm 
490 1 |a Examples & explanations series 
500 |a Includes index 
505 0 |a Fundamental protections : the tort of battery -- The action for assault : a tort ahead of its time -- Protecting the right of possession : trespass to land -- Dueling remedies : trespass to chattels and conversion -- False imprisonment : protecting freedom of movement -- The far side of the coin : classic defenses to intentional torts -- That odious character : the reasonable person -- Borrowing standards of care : violation of statute as negligence -- A phrase in Latin : res ipsa loquitur -- Reconstructing history : determining "cause in fact" -- Risks reconsidered : complex issues in establishing factual cause -- Drawing a line somewhere : proximate cause -- The elusive element of duty : two principles in search of an exception -- Vicarious displeasure : claims for indirect infliction of emotional distress and loss of consortium -- Caveat actor : strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities -- Strict products liability : basic theories of recovery -- More products liability : common "defenses" to strict products liability claims -- Personal injury damages : the elements of compensation -- Compensating somebody : wrongful death and survival actions -- Some legal anatomy : thinking like a tort lawyer -- Joint and several liability : the classic rules -- Honor among thieves : basic principles of contribution -- Please pass the liability : respondeat superior and nondelegable duties -- The once and future defense : assumption of the risk -- Casting the second stone : comparative negligence -- The fracturing of the common law : loss allocation in the comparative negligence era -- The pot at the end of the rainbow : analyzing torts issues on an essay exam -- Dandelions in the bluebook garden : six classic exam writing mistakes -- Practice makes perfect : examples and explanations 
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650 0 |a Torts  |z United States  |v Problems, exercises, etc 
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