In Defense of Tort Law
Author: Thomas Koenig
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2003-10
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 0814747582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTort law is a good thing (whatever it is....).
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Tort Law
Author: Keith N. Hylton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-06-06
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1107125324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book modernizes the traditional tort law textbook by combining in-depth analysis of policy with detailed discussion of legal doctrine.
Defences in Tort
Author: Andrew Dyson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-02-26
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 1782255427
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is the first in a series of essay collections on defences in private law. It addresses defences to liability arising in tort. The essays range from those adopting a primarily doctrinal approach to others that examine the law from a more theoretical or historical perspective. Some essays focus on individual defences, while some are concerned with the links between defences, or with how defences relate to the structure of tort law as a whole. A number of the essays also draw upon concepts and literature that have been developed mainly in relation to the criminal law, and consider their application to tort law. The essays make several original contributions to this complex, important but neglected field of academic enquiry.
Tort Law: Principles in Practice
Author: James Underwood
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
Published: 2018-03-30
Total Pages: 1057
ISBN-13: 1454898461
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTort Law: Principles in Practice is an approachable and engaging casebook, with a variety of pedagogical features and tools to examine tort law doctrine and rules and their application in practice. Introductory text for each chapter, subsection, and cases frame the issues under discussion, aiding student comprehension. Key Features: Text boxes and photographs, sample pattern jury instructions, checklists, and end-of-chapter essay questions. Chapter Goals are listed at the beginning of each chapter to highlight the key areas of coverage and provide a checklist for students when reviewing material. New key cases (e.g., new cases dealing with “but-for” causation and cutting edge coverage of the seat-belt defense showing a recent trend toward acceptance of this defense). Expanded short practice problems after most cases.
Prescription in Tort Law
Author: European Group on Tort Law
Publisher: Principles of European Tort Law
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781780689630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrescription is a major legal defence that bars civil actions after the expiry of the prescription period on the claim. This book thoroughly examines the law of 16 selected jurisdictions and extensively analyses in comparative perspective the elements of prescription, their interrelations, and the policy considerations (including economic analysis). While the book focuses on prescription of tort claims the analysis, comparisons and conclusions are most pertinent to most civil actions.
Torts in a Nutshell
Author: Edward J. Kionka
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780314195005
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA clear, concise, current, and authoritative explanation of all of the most important U.S. tort law doctrines, including those covered in first-year torts courses in law schools. Coverage includes tort law origins and objectives; causation; strict liability; negligence liability and defenses; intentional tort liability and defenses; special liability rules (premises liability, products liability, employers, etc.); damages; tort and contract; immunities; wrongful death and survival; defamation; privacy; misrepresentation.
Tort Claims and Defenses in the District of Columbia
Author: Douglas C. Melcher
Publisher:
Published: 2014-08-12
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781500771805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTort Claims and Defenses in the District of Columbia is a reference book intended for legal professionals who need detailed technical information about the principal tort claims and defenses recognized in the District of Columbia. The book is logically organized to present essential legal principles together with supporting legal authority. Published opinions of the local and federal courts of the District of Columbia are extensively cited and quoted throughout the book. The book discusses the torts of assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, conversion, trespass to chattel, trespass to realty, negligence (including employer negligence, legal malpractice, motor vehicle negligence, premises liability, and other cases), strict liability for defective products, defamation, injurious falsehood, invasion of privacy, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of confidential relationship, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, spoliation of evidence, conspiracy, and loss of consortium. The book also discusses various defenses against liability in tort, including consent, self-defense, defense of others, defense of property, justified arrest, reasonable use of force to arrest, contributory negligence, assumption of risk, workers' compensation, the common interest and judicial proceedings privileges, sovereign and official immunity, legislative immunity, judicial and quasi-judicial immunity, and others. Douglas C. Melcher is a licensed attorney and an active member of the District of Columbia Bar with more than a decade of experience in the private practice of law in the District of Columbia. He is a civil litigator with experience litigating a wide range of matters, including torts cases. He received his law degree with high honors from The George Washington University.
The Economic Structure of Tort Law
Author: William M. Landes
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780674230514
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a lawyer and an economist, this is the first full-length economic study of tort law--the body of law that governs liability for accidents and for intentional wrongs such as battery and defamation. Landes and Posner propose that tort law is best understood as a system for achieving an efficient allocation of resources to safety--that, on the whole, rules and doctrines of tort law encourage the optimal investment in safety by potential injurers and potential victims. The book contains both a comprehensive description of the major doctrines of tort law and a series of formal economic models used to explore the economic properties of these doctrines. All the formal models are translated into simple commonsense terms so that the "math less" reader can follow the text without difficulty; legal jargon is also avoided, for the sake of economists and other readers not trained in the law. Although the primary focus is on explaining existing doctrines rather than on exploring their implementation by juries, insurance adjusters, and other "real world" actors, the book has obvious pertinence to the ongoing controversies over damage awards, insurance rates and availability, and reform of tort law-in fact it is an essential prerequisite to sound reform. Among other timely topics, the authors discuss punitive damage awards in products liability cases, the evolution of products liability law, and the problem of liability for "mass disaster" torts, such as might be produced by a nuclear accident. More generally, this book is an important contribution to the "law and economics" movement, the most exciting and controversial development in modern legal education and scholarship, and will become an obligatory reference for all who are concerned with the study of tort law.
Torts
Author: Edward J. Kionka
Publisher: West Academic Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text provides tools for a comprehensive and thorough understanding of tort law. It organizes tort law concepts in outline form so that students can see law context and relationships. Updated material includes coverage of comparative fault, products liability, medical and other professional negligence liability, retaliatory discharge, liability for activities causing only economic harm, statute of limitations and repose, causation (market share and enterprise liability, liability for reduced chance), and allocation of damages among tortfeasors. A text correlation chart, cross-references to leading casebooks on tort law, examples, Q&A, and a practice examination are also included.
Business Law I Essentials
Author: MIRANDE. DE ASSIS VALBRUNE (RENEE. CARDELL, SUZANNE.)
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09-27
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781680923025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA less-expensive grayscale paperback version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680923018. Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. The concepts are presented in a streamlined manner, and cover the key concepts necessary to establish a strong foundation in the subject. The textbook follows a traditional approach to the study of business law. Each chapter contains learning objectives, explanatory narrative and concepts, references for further reading, and end-of-chapter questions. Business Law I Essentials may need to be supplemented with additional content, cases, or related materials, and is offered as a foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches.
