Tort law : a modern perspective / Keith N. Hylton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hylton, Keith N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts--United States.

Torts.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 457 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Policy and tort law

Evolution of tort law

Intentional torts

Theoretical foundations of strict liability

The reasonable person

Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person

Inferring negligence

Contributory negligence and assumption of risk

Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care

Joint and several liability, and vicarious liability

Factual causation

Proximate cause

Duty to rescue and special relationships

Strict liability : conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance

Defamation

Products liability

Damages.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316408902

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.