The law of torts /
Joseph W. Glannon
- Quinta edición
- New York : Wolters Kluwer, 2015
- xvii, 685 páginas
- Examples and explanations .
1. Fundamental protection: The tort of battery | 2. The action for assaul: A tort ahead of its time | 3. Protecting the right of possession: Trespass to land | 4. Dueling remedies: Trespass to chattels and conversion | 5. False imprisonment: Protecting freedom of movement | 6. The far side of the coin: Classic defenses to intentional torts | 7. That odious character: The reasonable person | 8. Borrowing standards of care: Violation of statute as negligence | 9. A phrase in latin : Res Ipsa Loquitur | 10. Reconstructing history: Determining "cause in fact" | 11. Risks reconsidered: Complex issues in establishing factual cause | 12. Drawing a line somewhere: Proximate cause | 13. The elusive element of duty: Two principles in search of an exception | 14. Vicarious displeasure: Claims for indirect infliction of emotional distress and loss of consortium | 15. Caveat actor: Strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities | 16. Strict products liability: Basic theories of recovery | 17. More products liability: Common "defenses" to strict products liability claims | 18. Personal injury damages: The elements of compensation | 19. Compensating somebody: Wrongful death and survival actions | 20. Some legal anatomy: Thinking like a tort lawyer | 21. Joint and several liability: The classic rules | 22. Honor among thieves: Basic principles of contribution | 23. Please pass the liability: Respondeat superior and nondelegable duties | 24. The once and future defense: Assumption of the risk | 25. Casting the second stone: Comparative negligence | 26. The fracturing of the common law: Loss allocation in the comparative negligence era | 27. The pot at the end of the rainbow: Analyzing torts issues on an essay exam | 28. Dandelions in the bluebook garden: Six classic exam writing mistakes | 29. Practice makes perfect: Examples and explanations |
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