Global issues in tort law /

"This book is primarily intended for use as a supplement in domestic torts courses."--Preface, p. v.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Julie A.
Other Authors: Hayden, Paul T., 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, 2008.
Series:American casebook series.
Global issues series (St. Paul, Minn.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Global torts: comparing the major legal systems
  • Tort liability for verbal insults
  • The alien tort statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act
  • The Anti-Terrorism Act
  • Liability of parents and children
  • The Warsaw Convention
  • Nonfeasance and the duty to rescue
  • Medical malpractice: non-disclosure and informed consent
  • Governmental liability
  • Domestic tort claims against foreign nations: the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
  • Liability for defective products
  • Privacy
  • Defamation
  • Global tort litigation: a case study.