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9780314211873

The Law of Torts

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  • ISBN13:

    9780314211873

  • ISBN10:

    031421187X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-01-01
  • Publisher: West Academic

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A single-volume introduction to contemporary tort and injury law. This expert summary covers direct and intentional interference with person or property and explores their defenses. Reviews liabilities, damages, and the apportionment of responsibility among parties, and examines the criticism and choices in tort law. Economic and dignitary injury is considered as well.

Table of Contents

Preface v
Acknowledgments ix
Westlaw Overview xi
PART I. INTRODUCING TORT LAW
Introducing and Surveying Tort and Injury Law
1(30)
Operating Conditions of Tort Law
31(16)
PART II. PHYSICAL INTERFERENCE WITH PERSON OR PROPERTY
Direct and Intentional Interference with the Person
47(48)
Direct and Intentional Interference with Property
95(60)
Defenses to Direct and Intentional Interference with Person or Property
155(102)
The Negligence Cause of Action
257(18)
Negligence Standards
275(78)
Proving and Evaluating Negligence Claims: Judge, Jury, and Evidence
353(52)
Cause in Fact
405(38)
Proximate Cause
443(50)
Defenses to the Negligence Claim
493(82)
Immunities and Limited Duties: The Concepts
575(12)
Owners and Occupiers of Land
587(44)
Health Care Providers and Other Professionals
631(62)
Public Entities and Officers
693(58)
Family Members and Charities
751(16)
Professional Risk-Takers
767(14)
Prenatal and Birth-Related Injury
781(22)
Wrongful Death and Survival
803(18)
Emotional Harm
821(32)
Nonaction and Contract: Rescue and Protection
853(52)
Vicarious Liability of the Innocent Principal
905(36)
Strict Liability for Animals, Abnormal Conditions, and Special Dangers
941(28)
Products Liability
969(78)
PART III. OPERATING AND ALTERING THE TORT SYSTEM IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES
Damages
1047(30)
Apportionment of Responsibility among Parties
1077(16)
Criticisms and Choices in Tort Law
1093(24)
PART IV. ECONOMIC AND DIGNITARY INJURY
Defamation
1117(80)
Privacy
1197(16)
Process Rights: Misusing and Denying Judicial Process
1213(32)
Interference with Family Relationships
1245(12)
Interference with Contract and Economic Opportunity Generally
1257(42)
Harms to Interests in Intangibles and Unfair Competition
1299(20)
Nuisance
1319(24)
Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure
1343(42)
Lawyer Malpractice
1385(26)
Appendix: Westlaw Research 1411(14)
Table of Cases 1425(130)
Index 1555

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