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001 2014047006
003 DLC
005 20151001081251.0
008 141202s2015 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014047006
020 $a9781454850113 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aKF1250.Z9$bG58 2015
082 00 $a346.7303$223
100 1 $aGlannon, Joseph W.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe law of torts /$cJoseph W. Glannon, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School.
250 $aFifth edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bWolters Kluwer,$c[2015]
300 $axvii, 679 pages ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aExamples and explanations
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aFundamental protection: The tort of battery -- The action for assaul: A tort ahead of its time -- Protecting the right of possession: Trespass to land -- Dueling remedies: Trespass to chattels and conversion -- False imprisonment: Protecting freedom of movement -- The far side of the coin: Classic defenses to intentional torts -- That odious character: The reasonable person -- Borrowing standards of care: Violation of statute as negligence -- A phrase in latin : Res Ipsa Loquitur -- Reconstructing history: Determining "cause in fact" -- Risks reconsidered: Complex issues in establishing factual cause -- Drawing a line somewhere: Proximate cause -- The elusive element of duty: Two principles in search of an exception -- Vicarious displeasure: Claims for indirect infliction of emotional distress and loss of consortium -- Caveat actor: Strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities -- Strict products liability: Basic theories of recovery -- More products liability: Common "defenses" to strict products liability claims -- Personal injury damages: The elements of compensation -- Compensating somebody: Wrongful death and survival actions -- Some legal anatomy: Thinking like a tort lawyer -- Joint and several liability: The classic rules -- Honor among thieves: Basic principles of contribution -- Please pass the liability: Respondeat superior and nondelegable duties -- The once and future defense: Assumption of the risk -- Casting the second stone: Comparative negligence -- The fracturing of the common law: Loss allocation in the comparative negligence era -- The pot at the end of the rainbow: Analyzing torts issues on an essay exam -- Dandelions in the bluebook garden: Six classic exam writing mistakes -- Practice makes perfect: Examples and explanations.
650 0 $aTorts$zUnited States.
655 7 $aStudy aids$2gtlm