An injury law constitution / Marshall S. Shapo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shapo, Marshall S., 1936-2023.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personal injuries--United States.

Personal injuries.

Damages--United States.

Damages.

Workers' compensation--Law and legislation--United States.

Workers' compensation.

Torts--United States.

Torts.

Actions and defenses--United States.

Actions and defenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An Injury Law Constitution presents a novel thesis that embraces leading features of the American law of injuries. The book argues that the body of law that Americans have developed concerning responsibility for injuries and prevention of injuries has some of the qualities of a constitution-a fundamental set of principles that govern relations between human persons and between individual persons and corporate and governmental institutions.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. An Injury Law Constitution""; ""2. Injury Law and Power""; ""3. Rights""; ""4. Injuries""; ""5. Mechanisms of the Law""; ""6. Legal Doctrine""; ""7. Functional Elements of the Law""; ""8. Social and Individual Goods, Sometimes in Competition""; ""9. The Rationales of Injury Law""; ""10. Remedies and Sanctions""; ""11. The Supreme Court and Injury Law""; ""Conclusion""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780199896363

OCLC:

867050402