Torts in a nutshell /

Torts in a nutshell /

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Author / Creator:Kionka, Edward J., 1939-
Edition:4th ed.
Imprint:St. Paul, Minn. : Thomson/West, c2005.
Description:xxvii, 515 p. ; 19 cm.
Language:English
Series:West nutshell series
Nutshell series.
Subject:
Torts -- United States.
Torts.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5631957
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Varying Form of Title:Torts
ISBN:0314152199
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Explanatory Notes
  • Table of Cases
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Prologue: Origins, Objectives, and Overviews of Tort Liability
  • 1-1. The Definitional Dilemma
  • 1-2. The Jurisprudence of Tort Law
  • 1-3. The Evolution of Tort Concepts and Remedies
  • 1-4. The Roles of Judges and Juries
  • Chapter 2. Cause in Fact
  • 2-1. Cause in Fact
  • Part II. Physical Harm
  • Chapter 3. Strict Liability
  • 3-1. Basis of Strict Liability
  • 3-2. Animals, Statutory Strict Liability
  • 3-3. Abnormally Dangerous Activities
  • 3-4. Scope of Strict Liability
  • Chapter 4. Liability for Negligent Conduct
  • 4-1. Standards of Conduct: Of Risks and Reasonable Persons
  • 4-2. Sources of Standards of Conduct
  • 4-3. Proof of Negligence
  • 4-4. Scope of Liability: Proximate or "Legal" Cause
  • 4-5. The Concept of Duty
  • 4-6. Degrees of Negligence
  • 4-7. Willful and Wanton Misconduct
  • Chapter 5. Defenses to Negligence Liability
  • 5-1. Contributory Negligence
  • 5-2. Comparative Negligence
  • 5-3. Imputed Contributory Negligence
  • 5-4. Assumption of Risk
  • 5-5. Mitigation of Damages and Avoidable Consequences
  • 5-6. Statutes of Limitations and Repose
  • Chapter 6. Liability for Intentional Misconduct
  • 6-1. Intent
  • 6-2. Battery
  • 6-3. Assault
  • 6-4. False Imprisonment
  • 6-5. Intentional or Reckless Infliction of Emotional Distress
  • 6-6. Trespass to Land
  • 6-7. Chattels
  • Chapter 7. Defenses to Liability for Intentional Misconduct
  • 7-1. In General
  • 7-2. Consent
  • 7-3. Defense of Self and Others
  • 7-4. Defense and Recovery of Property
  • 7-5. Necessity
  • 7-6. Authority of Law
  • 7-7. Discipline
  • Chapter 8. Special Liability Rules for Particular Activities
  • 8-1. Introduction
  • A. Owners and Occupiers of Land
  • 8-2. Liability to Persons Off the Premises
  • 8-3. Trespassing Adults
  • 8-4. Trespassing Children
  • 8-5. Licensees and Invitees
  • 8-6. Rejection of Categories
  • 8-7. Lessors
  • 8-8. Vendors and Vendees
  • B. Products Liability
  • 8-9. An Overview of Products Liability
  • C. Employers, Employees and Contractors
  • 8-10. Vicarious Liability
  • 8-11. Employees
  • 8-12. Independent Contractors
  • 8-13. Employer's Liability to Employee; Workers' Compensation
  • 8-14. Railroad Employees
  • 8-15. Maritime Employees
  • D. Automobiles
  • 8-16. Special Automobile Liability Rules
  • 8-17. Automobile Accident Compensation
  • E. Other Special Liability Rules
  • 8-18. Medical and Other Professional Negligence ("Malpractice")
  • 8-19. Nuisance and Environmental Law
  • 8-20. Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
  • 8-21. Prenatal Harm
  • 8-22. Alcoholic Beverages
  • 8-23. Interference With Federal Constitutional Rights
  • Chapter 9. Damages for Physical Harm
  • 9-1. Compensatory Damages
  • 9-2. Consequential Damages
  • 9-3. Punitive Damages
  • 9-4. Allocation Among Tortfeasors
  • Part III. Tort and Contract
  • Chapter 10. Tort and Contract
  • 10-1. Parties to the Contract
  • 10-2. Liability to Third Persons Not Parties to the Contract
  • Part IV. Immunities
  • Chapter 11. Immunities
  • 11-1. Government and Its Employees
  • 11-2. Charities
  • 11-3. Spouses, Parents and Children
  • Part V. Survival and Wrongful Death
  • Chapter 12. Survival and Wrongful Death
  • 12-1. Survival of Tort Actions
  • 12-2. Wrongful Death
  • 12-3. Wrongful Death: Beneficiaries and Damages
  • 12-4. Wrongful Death: Defenses
  • Part VI. Injuries to Other Interests
  • Chapter 13. Defamation
  • 13-1. Defamation
  • 13-2. Libel and Slander
  • 13-3. Publication
  • 13-4. Fault
  • 13-5. Defenses
  • 13-6. Damages
  • Chapter 14. Privacy
  • 14-1. In General
  • 14-2. Appropriation
  • 14-3. Unreasonable Intrusion
  • 14-4. Public Disclosure of Private Facts
  • 14-5. False Light in the Public Eye
  • Chapter 15. Misrepresentation and Non-disclosure
  • 15-1. Remedies for Misrepresentation
  • 15-2. Basis of Liability
  • 15-3. Scope of Liability
  • 15-4. Representation and Nondisclosure
  • 15-5. Reliance
  • 15-6. Opinion, Prediction, and Intention
  • 15-7. Damages for Misrepresentation
  • Index

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