Tort law and the construction of change : studies in the inevitability of history / Kenneth S. Abraham and G. Edward White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abraham, Kenneth S., 1946- author.

White, G. Edward, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts--History--United States.

Torts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This book has evolved out of a series of jointly authored articles on torts that we published in law reviews between 2013 and 2021."-- ECIP preface.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Epistemology of the Civil Trial and the Rise of Modern Tort Liability

2. Conceptualizing Tort Law-the Continuous (and Continuing) Struggle

3. The Problem of the Dignitary Torts

4. The First Amendment and the Constitutionalization of Tort Liability

5. Torts without Names, New Torts, and the Future of Liability for Intangible Harm

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813947150

0813947154