Dobbs, Dan B. Hayden, Paul T., 1956- Bublick, Ellen M.
Torts and compensation : personal accountability and social responsability for injury /
- Octava edición. Edición concisa
- St. Paul : West Academic Publishing, 2017
- lviii, 719 páginas ; 26 x 21 cm
- American casebook series .
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice
PART 1. A FIRST LOOK AT TORTS | Chapter 1. Tort law: aims, approaches, and processes | Chapter 2. Reading torts cases and understanding trial procedure | PART 2. INTENTIONAL TORTS | Chapter 3. Intentional torts to person of property | Chapter 4. Defenses to intentional torts-privileges | PART 3. THE PRIMA FACIE CASE FOR NEGLIGENCE | Chapter 5. The prima facie case for negligence and the element of duty | Chapter 6. Breach of duty | Chapter 7. Actual harm and factual cause | Chapter 8. Scope of liability (proximate cause) | PART 4. DEFENSES TO THE NEGLIGENCE CASE | Chapter 9. Fault of the plaintiff | Chapter 10. Assumption of the risk | Chapter 11. Defenses not on the merits | PART 5. LIMITING OR EXPANDING THE DUTY OF CARE ACCORDING TO CONTEXT OR RELATIONSHIP | Chapter 12. Carriers, host-drivers and landowners | Chapter 13. Duties of health-care providers | Chapter 14. Family members and charities | Chapter 15. Governmental entities, officers and employees | PART 6. LIMITING THE DUTY OF CARE BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS OR THEIR ABSENCE | Chapter 16. Nonfeasance | Chapter 17. Contract and duty | Chapter 18. The duty to protect from third persons | PART 7. SPECIAL TYPES OF HARM | Chapter 19. Emotional harm | Chapter 20. Prenatal harms | Chapter 21. Wrongful death and survival actions | PART 8. THE EBB AND FLOW OF COMMON LAW STRICT LIABILITY FOR PHYSICAL HARMS | Chapter 22. Vicarious liability | Chapter 23. Common law strict liability | Chapter 24. Tort liability for defective products | PART 9. PRACTICALITIES AND VALUES | Chapter 25. Apportionment and settlement | Chapter 26. Damages | Chapter 27. Evaluating tort law | PART 10. ALTERNATIVES TO TORT LAW | Chapter 28. Being aware of compensation options | PART 11. ECONOMIC AND DIGNITARY TORTS | Chapter 29. Being aware of dignitary and economic torts