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Torts and compensation : personal accountability and social responsability for injury /

By: Dobbs, Dan B [autor] | Hayden, Paul T, 1956- [autor] | Bublick, Ellen M [autor].

Material type: Text

TextSeries: American casebook series.Publisher: St. Paul : West Academic Publishing, 2017Edition: Octava edición. Edición concisa.Description: lviii, 719 páginas ; 26 x 21 cm.ISBN: 9781634608183.Subject(s): Delitos -- Estados Unidos -- Casos

| Daños -- Estados Unidos -- Casos

| Responsabilidad (Ley) -- Estados Unidos -- Casos

| Compensación (Ley) -- Estados Unidos -- Casos

| Indemnización judicial -- Estados Unidos -- Casos

Genre/Form: Libros de casos (Derecho)

DDC classification: 346.7303 D632t 2017

Contents:

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

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Title notes

Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro (general)	Biblioteca Central UNIBE	General	346.7303 D632t_2017 (Browse shelf)	Ej. 1	Available		230286

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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