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Torts and compensation : personal accountability and social responsability for injury /
By: Dobbs, Dan B [autor]
| Hayden, Paul T [autor] | Bublick, Ellen M [autor].
Material type: 
TextSeries: American casebook series.Publisher: Saint Paul : West Publishing Company : Thomson Reuters Business, 2009Edition: Sexta edición.Description: lxiii, 993 páginas ; 26 x 21 cm.ISBN: 9780314184900.Subject(s): Delitos -- Estados Unidos -- Casos | Daños -- Estados Unidos -- Casos | Responsabilidad (Ley) -- Estados Unidos -- Casos | Compensación (Ley) -- Estados Unidos -- Casos | Indemnización judicial -- Estados Unidos -- CasosGenre/Form: Libros de casos (Derecho) DDC classification: 346.7303 D632t 2009
Contents:
PART 1. A FIRST LOOK AT TORTS |
Chapter 1. Tort law: aims, approaches, and processes |
Chapter 2. Reading torts cases: trial procedures |
PART 2. FAULT-BASED LIABILITY FOR PHYSICAL HARMS TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY |
TOPIC A. DIRECT INTERNATIONAL WRONGS |
Chapter 3. Establishing a claim for international tort to person or property |
Chapter 4. Defenses to international torts-privileges |
TOPIC B. THE SCHEME OF NEGLIGENT WRONGS |
Chapter 5. Duty |
Chapter 6. Negligence: breach of duty |
Chapter 7. Harm and causation in fact |
Chapter 8. Negligence: the scope of risk or “proximate cause” element |
Chapter 9. Contributory/comparative fault |
Chapter 10. Assumption of the risk |
Chapter 11. Defenses not on the merits |
PART 3. LIMITING OR EXPANDING THE DUTY OF CARE ACCORDING TO CONTEXT OR RELATIONSHIP |
TOPIC A. LIMITING DUTIES ACCORDING TO CLASS OR STATUS OF THE PARTIES |
Chapter 12. Carriers, host-drivers and landowners |
Chapter 13. Duties of medical and other professionals |
Chapter 14. Family members and charities |
Chapter 15. Governmental entities and officers |
TOPIC B. RELATIONSHIPS OR THEIR ABSENCE: NONACTION, CONTRACT AND PROTECTION FROM OTHERS |
Chapter 16. Nonfeasance |
Chapter 17. Contract and duty |
Chapter 18. The duty to protect from third persons |
TOPIC C. LIMITING DUTIES TO PROTECT AGAINST SPECIAL TYPES OF HARM |
Chapter 19. Emotional harm |
Chapter 20. Prenatal harms |
Chapter 21. Death |
PART 4. THE EBB AND FLOW OF COMMON LAW STRICT LIABILITY FOR PHYSICAL HARMS |
Chapter 22. Vicarious liability |
Chapter 23. The development of common law strict liability |
Chapter 24. Tort liability for defective products |
PART 5. PRACTICALITIES AND VALUES |
Chapter 25. Settlement and apportionment |
Chapter 26. Damages |
Chapter 27. Evaluating tort law |
PART 6. ALTERNATIVES TO TORT LAW |
Chapter 28. Workers’ compensation |
Chapter 29. Public compensation systems, including social security |
Chapter 30. Private insurance solutions |
Chapter 31. Evaluating injury systems: A discussion agenda |
PART 7. ECONOMIC AND DIGNITARY TORTS |
Chapter 32. Communication of personally harmful impressions to others |
Chapter 33. Communication of commercially harmful impressions to others |
Chapter 34. Misrepresentation and other misdealings
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libro (general) | Biblioteca Central UNIBE | General | 346.7303 D632t_2009 (Browse shelf) | Ej. 1 | Available | 230284 |
Incluye índice
PART 1. A FIRST LOOK AT TORTS |
Chapter 1. Tort law: aims, approaches, and processes |
Chapter 2. Reading torts cases: trial procedures |
PART 2. FAULT-BASED LIABILITY FOR PHYSICAL HARMS TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY |
TOPIC A. DIRECT INTERNATIONAL WRONGS |
Chapter 3. Establishing a claim for international tort to person or property |
Chapter 4. Defenses to international torts-privileges |
TOPIC B. THE SCHEME OF NEGLIGENT WRONGS |
Chapter 5. Duty |
Chapter 6. Negligence: breach of duty |
Chapter 7. Harm and causation in fact |
Chapter 8. Negligence: the scope of risk or “proximate cause” element |
Chapter 9. Contributory/comparative fault |
Chapter 10. Assumption of the risk |
Chapter 11. Defenses not on the merits |
PART 3. LIMITING OR EXPANDING THE DUTY OF CARE ACCORDING TO CONTEXT OR RELATIONSHIP |
TOPIC A. LIMITING DUTIES ACCORDING TO CLASS OR STATUS OF THE PARTIES |
Chapter 12. Carriers, host-drivers and landowners |
Chapter 13. Duties of medical and other professionals |
Chapter 14. Family members and charities |
Chapter 15. Governmental entities and officers |
TOPIC B. RELATIONSHIPS OR THEIR ABSENCE: NONACTION, CONTRACT AND PROTECTION FROM OTHERS |
Chapter 16. Nonfeasance |
Chapter 17. Contract and duty |
Chapter 18. The duty to protect from third persons |
TOPIC C. LIMITING DUTIES TO PROTECT AGAINST SPECIAL TYPES OF HARM |
Chapter 19. Emotional harm |
Chapter 20. Prenatal harms |
Chapter 21. Death |
PART 4. THE EBB AND FLOW OF COMMON LAW STRICT LIABILITY FOR PHYSICAL HARMS |
Chapter 22. Vicarious liability |
Chapter 23. The development of common law strict liability |
Chapter 24. Tort liability for defective products |
PART 5. PRACTICALITIES AND VALUES |
Chapter 25. Settlement and apportionment |
Chapter 26. Damages |
Chapter 27. Evaluating tort law |
PART 6. ALTERNATIVES TO TORT LAW |
Chapter 28. Workers’ compensation |
Chapter 29. Public compensation systems, including social security |
Chapter 30. Private insurance solutions |
Chapter 31. Evaluating injury systems: A discussion agenda |
PART 7. ECONOMIC AND DIGNITARY TORTS |
Chapter 32. Communication of personally harmful impressions to others |
Chapter 33. Communication of commercially harmful impressions to others |
Chapter 34. Misrepresentation and other misdealings