The forms and functions of tort law /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Foundation Press,
2007
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
| 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 and nuisance
- Products liability
- Damages
- Affirmative and limited duty
- Tort reform, workers compensation and no-fault systems
- Reputational and dignitary harms: defamation and invasion of privacy
- Economic harms: misrepresentation and interference with actual or prospective contractual advantage