The law of torts /
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| Author / Creator: | Glannon, Joseph W., author. |
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
| Imprint: | Frederick, MD : Aspen Publishing, [2020] ©2020 |
| Description: | xvii, 685 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Examples & explanations Examples & explanations series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12761231 |
| Related Items: | Revision of:
Law of torts. |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
- 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