Recognizing Wrongs / John C. P. Goldberg, Benjamin C. Zipursky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, John C. P., Author.

Zipursky, Benjamin C., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts--United States.

Torts.

Torts--United States--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Much bemoaned and widely misunderstood, tort law provides an essential vehicle for injured parties to seek redress from wrongdoers and hold them accountable. John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky defend tort law against its critics and lay out comprehensively their increasingly influential "civil recourse" conception of tort.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Civil Wrongs and Civil Rights

2. Against the Grain

3. Rules, Duties, Rights, and Rights of Action

4. The Principle of Civil Recourse

5. Damages as Redress

6. Moral Luck, Strict Liability, and Victim Standing

7. Dual Instrumentalism

8. Dual Constructivism

9. Civil Recourse in the Modern World

10. Applications

Conclusion: Recognizing Wrongs

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780674246522

0674246527

9780674246546

0674246543

OCLC:

1133654924