The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law

Torts

John C.P. Goldberg, Benjamin C. Zipursky (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

436 Seiten

2010
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-537397-4 (ISBN)

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Torts--personal injury law--is a fundamental yet controversial part of our legal system. The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts provides a clear and comprehensive account of what tort law is, how it works, what it stands to accomplish, and why it is now much-disputed. Goldberg and Zipursky--two of the world's most prominent tort scholars--carefully analyze leading judicial decisions and prominent tort-related legislation, and place each event into its proper context. Topics covered include products liability, negligence, medical malpractice, intentional torts, defamation and privacy torts, punitive damages, and tort reform.

John C. P. Goldberg, a professor at Harvard Law School, is a co-author of "Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress" (Aspen Press), a casebook now in its second edition. He has published more than 30 scholarly articles and essays on torts in leading law journals. He also serves on the editorial board of Legal Theory and is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Tort Law. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, he spent thirteen years as a member of the Vanderbilt University Law School faculty, where he served as Associate Dean for Research. Benjamin C. Zipursky is James H. Quinn '49 Chair in Legal Ethics and Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs from 2001-03. He has taught as a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School and Vanderbilt Law School, has lectured widely in the United States and abroad, and has been a frequent commentator in the news media on issues related to mass torts and pharmaceutical liability. Professor Zipursky is a leading scholar in torts, tort theory, legal ethics, and jurisprudence, and has published more than forty articles and book chapters on subjects ranging from punitive damages and duty in tort law to the varieties of pragmatism within legal philosophy.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 A Brief History of Tort Law
Chapter 3 Tort Law's Gallery of Wrongs
Chapter 4 Civil Recourse
Chapter 5 Negligence: The Basics
Chapter 6 Negligence: Advanced Topics
Chapter 7 Battery, False Imprisonment, Assault and Related Torts
Chapter 8 Property Torts (with notes on Fraud and "Business Torts")
Chapter 9 Strict Liability For Abnormally Dangerous Activities
Chapter 10 Products Liability
Chapter 11 Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
Chapter 12 Damages and Apportionment
Chapter 13 Tort Trends

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.5.2010
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 206 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
ISBN-10	0-19-537397-9 / 0195373979
ISBN-13	978-0-19-537397-4 / 9780195373974
Zustand	Neuware