Tort law : responsibilities and redress /

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Author / Creator:Goldberg, John C., 1961-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers, c2008.
Description:xxix, 1143 p. : forms ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7141197
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Other authors / contributors:Sebok, Anthony James, 1963-
Zipursky, Benjamin C., 1960-
ISBN:9780735565609 (hbk.)
0735565600 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (982-985) and index.
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 95.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Overview
  • Chapter 1. An Introduction to Torts
  • Part 2. Negligence: Liability for Physical Harms
  • Chapter 2. The Duty Element
  • Chapter 3. The Breach Element
  • Chapter 4. The Causation Element
  • Chapter 5. Aligning the Elements: Proximate Cause and Palsgraf
  • Chapter 6. Statutory Supplements: Negligence Per Se, Wrongful Death Acts, and Implied Rights of Action
  • Chapter 7. Defenses
  • Chapter 8. Damages and Apportionment
  • Part 3. Battery, Assault, False Imprisonment, and Infliction of Emotional Distress
  • Chapter 9. Battery, Assault, and False Imprisonment
  • Chapter 10. Infliction of Emotional Distress
  • Part 4. Liability Without Fault and Products Liability
  • Chapter 11. Property Torts and Ultrahazardous Activities
  • Chapter 12. Products Liability
  • Part 5. Torts at the Supreme Court
  • Chapter 13. Torts at the Supreme Court