Tort Law
A Modern Perspective
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- Author: Keith N. Hylton, Boston University School of Law
- Date Published: June 2016
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107563421
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Tort Law: A Modern Perspective is an advanced yet accessible introduction to tort law for lawyers, law students, and others. Reflecting the way tort law is taught today, it explains the cases and legal doctrines commonly found in casebooks using modern ideas about public policy, economics, and philosophy. With an emphasis on policy rationales, Tort Law encourages readers to think critically about the justifications for legal doctrines. Although the topic of torts is specific, the conceptual approach should pay dividends to those who are interested broadly in regulatory policy and the role of law. Incorporating three decades of advancements in tort scholarship, Tort Law is the textbook for modern torts classrooms.
Read more- Completely up to date with developments in modern tort law
- Introduces students to analytical tools such as cost-benefit analysis, basic game theory, and present value calculations
- Develops critical thinking skills through nuanced discussion of policy rationales
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- Date Published: June 2016
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107563421
- length: 460 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 162 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.65kg
- contains: 15 b/w illus. 4 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Policy and tort law
3. Evolution of tort law
4. Intentional torts
5. Theoretical foundations of strict liability
6. The reasonable person
7. Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person
8. Inferring negligence
9. Contributory negligence and assumption of risk
10. Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care
11. Joint and several liability and vicarious liability
12. Factual causation
13. Proximate cause
14. Duty to rescue and special relationships
15. Strict liability: conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance
16. Defamation
17. Products liability
18. Damages.
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