The law of torts /
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| Author / Creator: | Glannon, Joseph W., author. |
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
| Imprint: | Boston : Aspen Publishers, ©2015. |
| Description: | xvii, 679 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Examples and explanations Examples and explanations. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10299074 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to Students
- Acknowledgments
- Special Notice
- Part I. Intentional Torts
- Chapter 1. Fundamental Protections: The Tort of Battery
- Chapter 2. The Action for Assault: A Tort Ahead of Its Time
- Chapter 3. Protecting the Right of Possession: Trespass to Land
- Chapter 4. Dueling Remedies: Trespass to Chattels and Conversion
- Chapter 5. False Imprisonment: Protecting Freedom of Movement
- Chapter 6. The Far Side of the Coin: Classic Defenses to Intentional Torts
- Part II. The Concept of Negligence
- Chapter 7. That Odious Character: The Reasonable Person
- Chapter 8. Borrowing Standards of Care: Violation of Statute as Negligence
- Chapter 9. A Phrase in Latin: Res Ipsa Loquitur
- Part III. The Causation Enigma
- Chapter 10. Reconstructing History: Determining "Cause in Fact"
- Chapter 11. Risks Reconsidered: Complex Issues in Establishing Factual Cause
- Chapter 12. Drawing a Line Somewhere: Proximate Cause
- Part IV. The Duty Element
- Chapter 13. The Elusive Element of Duty: Two Principles in Search of an Exception
- Chapter 14. Vicarious Displeasure: Claims for Indirect Infliction of Emotional Distress and Loss of Consortium
- Chapter 15. Caveat Actor: Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities
- Chapter 16. Strict Products Liability: Basic Theories of Recovery
- Chapter 17. More Products Liability: Common "Defenses" to Strict Products Liability Claims
- Part V. Damages for Personal Injury
- Chapter 18. Personal Injury Damages: The Elements of Compensation
- Chapter 19. Compensating Somebody: Wrongful Death and Survival Actions
- Part VI. Interlude: Pleading a Personal Injury Case
- Chapter 20. Some Legal Anatomy: Thinking Like a Tort Lawyer
- Part VII. Liability of Multiple Defendants
- Chapter 21. Joint and Several liability: The Classic Rules
- Chapter 22. Honor Among Thieves: Basic Principles of Contribution
- Chapter 23. Please Pass the liability: Respondeat Superior and Nondelegable Duties
- Part VIII. The Effect of Plaintiff's Conduct
- Chapter 24. The Once and Future Defense: Assumption of the Risk
- Chapter 25. Casting the Second Stone: Comparative Negligence
- Chapter 26. The Fracturing of the Common Law: Loss Allocation in the Comparative Negligence Era
- Part IX. Taking a Torts Essay Exam
- Chapter 27. The Pot at the End of the Rainbow: Analyzing Torts Issues on an Essay Exam
- Chapter 28. Dandelions in the Bluebook Garden: Six Classic Exam Writing Mistakes
- Chapter 29. Practice Makes Perfect: Examples and Explanations
- Index