The Torts Process (5th)

by Henderson, James A.; Pearson, Richard N.; Siliciano, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780735500600
• ISBN10: 0735500606
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Summary

With its problem approach and student-friendly presentation, THE TORTS PROCESS continues to gain an ever-increasing number of loyal users. Now fully updated and strengthened for its Fifth Edition, this successful casebook remains an effective and engaging resource For The required first-year Torts course. The authors maintain the qualities that have been praised by adopters: A problem appraoch that challenges student understanding through the use of theoreticl and real-life situations A clear and balanced presentation that enables students to Understand The overarching structure and orgnization of tort law better than any other book A lively mix of problems, cases, excerpts, notes, and questions THE TORT PROCESS, Fifth Edition, offers: Revised chapter openers, introductions, and summaries for easier use. More transitional text, new headings drawing attention to key points, and fewer law review notes to help students focus on important topics. Introductory text that explains case selection, and new cses reflecting current legal issues. New hypotheticals. A brief explanation of the nontraditonal approach to negligence. Additional examples on causation for more illustrative detail the chapter on negligence now appearing earlier. Economic analysis integrated into the text. Increased coverage of intentional torts. The new Teacher's Manual provides even more guidance on how to use the problem method effectively. it includes a section on how to use the book to teach torts in one semester, complete with syllabi.

Table of Contents

Contents	ix	(12)
Table of Continuing Notes	xxi	(2)
Table of Problems	xxiii	(2)
Preface to the Fifth Edition	xxv	(2)
Acknowledgments	xxvii
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Torts Process: Liability for Harmful and Offensive Battery	1	(100)
Chapter 2 Actual Causation	101	(62)
Chapter 3 Negligence	163	(274)
Chapter 4 Trespass to Land and Nuisance	437	(44)
Chapter 5 Strict Liability	481	(26)
Chapter 6 Products Liability	507	(108)
Chapter 7 Damages	615	(86)
Chapter 8 The Role of Liability Insurance in the Torts Process	701	(20)
Chapter 9 Compensation Systems as Alternatives to the System of Tort Liability Based on Fault	721	(28)
Chapter 10 Dignitary Wrongs, Intentional Infliction of Mental Upset, and Violations of Civil Rights	749	(64)
Chapter 11 Defamation	813	(54)
Chapter 12 Invasion of Privacy	867	(48)
Chapter 13 Commercial Torts: Misrepresentation and Interference with Business Relations	915	(64)
Appendix: Introduction to Economic Analysis of Tort Law	979	(8)
Table of Cases	987	(10)
Index	997