The law of torts /

The law of torts /

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Author / Creator:Glannon, Joseph W.
Edition:4th ed.
Imprint:New York : Aspen Publishers, 2010.
Description:xvii, 672 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Examples & explanations series
Examples & explanations series.
Subject:
Torts -- United States.
Torts -- United States -- Problems, exercises, etc.
United States.
Problems and exercises.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7930735
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ISBN:9780735588745 (alk. paper)
0735588740 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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

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