The law of torts : examples and explanations/
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New York :
Wolters Kluwer,
2020
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| Edition: | Sixth edition |
| Series: | Examples & explanations series
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| 100 | 1 | |a Glannon, Joseph W., |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The law of torts : |b examples and explanations/ |c Joseph W. Glannon, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a The law of torts |
| 250 | |a Sixth edition | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Wolters Kluwer, |c 2020 | ||
| 300 | |a xvii, 685 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 26 cm | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Examples & explanations | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Fundamental protection : 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 | |
| 505 | 0 | |a Intentional torts -- The concept of negligence -- The causation enigma -- The duty element -- Damages for personal injury -- Interlude: pleading a personal injury case -- Liability of multiple defendants -- The effects of plaintiff's conduct -- Taking a torts essay exam | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Torts |z United States | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Torts |z United States |v Problems, exercises, etc | |
| 775 | 0 | 8 | |i Revision of: |a Glannon, Joseph W. |t Law of torts. |b Fifth edition. |d New York : Wolters Kluwer, [2015] |z 9781454850113 |w (DLC) 2014047006 |w (OCoLC)897510764 |
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