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9780300062571

Accidental Justice : The Dilemmas of Tort Law

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300062571

  • ISBN10:

    0300062575

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 1997-03-27
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
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Summary

In this even-handed and fascinating book, two leading tort experts explain to lay readers the strengths and weaknesses of our tort law system.
They discuss tort law's compensatory and deterrent functions; its delays, fortuity, and high transaction costs (mostly in lawyer's fees); and its role in discouraging harmful - as well as, on occasion, useful - activities. Bell and O'Connell conclude with an objective review of such current reform enactments and proposals as no-fault insurance, caps on damages, and contingency fee reform.

Author Biography

Jeffrey O'Connell is Samuel H. McCoy Professor of Law and Class of 1948 Professor of Scholarly Research in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
How Tort Law Worksp. 1
Legal Rules That Bend, Not Breakp. 24
Helping the Needy or Greedy?p. 46
Making a Safer Worldp. 68
Flawed Transactionsp. 101
Just Proceedings?p. 115
Human Transactionsp. 138
Contextp. 170
Changesp. 198
Appendixp. 231
Notesp. 235
Indexp. 255
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