The forms and functions of tort law /
"[This] text covers all the major cases and issues in a standard torts course. The text addresses cases and analyzes their implications, presenting the law of torts within a curricular context and covering the materials that law students are likely to encounter in a variety of courses. [It] add...
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| Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN :
Foundation Press,
2017
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| Edition: | Fifth edition |
| Series: | Concepts and insights series
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Table of Contents:
- The nature and functions of tort law
- Intentional physical and emotional harm
- The negligence standard
- Proof of negligence
- Cause-in-fact
- The scope of liability : proximate cause
- Defenses based on plaintiff's conduct
- Strict liability
- Products liability
- Damages
- Affirmative and limited duties
- Insurance, tort reform, and no-fault systems
- Reputational and dignitary harms : defamation and invasion of privacy
- Economic harms : misrepresentation, and interference with contract or prospective contractual advantage