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Both students and instructors will welcome the new edition of Joseph W. Glannon’s The Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations. This popular study guide provides clear, engaging introductions to the principles of tort law, along with interesting examples that illustrate how the principles apply in typical cases.
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Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- 1 Fundamental Protections: The Tort of Battery
- 2 The Action for Assault: A Tort Ahead of Its Time
- 3 The Far Side of the Coin: Classic Defenses to Intentional Torts
- 4 That Odious Character: The Reasonable Person
- 5 Borrowing Standards of Care: Violation of Statute as Negligence
- 6 A Phrase in Latin: Res Ipsa Loquitur
- 7 Reconstructing History: Determining "Cause in Fact"
- 8 Risks Reconsidered: Complex Issues in Establishing Factual Cause
- 9 Drawing a Line Somewhere: Proximate Cause
- 10 The Elusive Element of Duty: Two Principles in Search of an Exception
- 11 Vicarious Displeasure: Claims for Indirect Infliction of Emotional Distress and Loss of Consortium
- 12 Caveat Actor: Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities
- 13 Strict Products Liability: Basic Theories of Recovery
- 14 More Products Liability: Common "Defenses" to Strict Products Liability Claims
- 15 Personal Injury Damages: The Elements of Compensation
- 16 Astrological Calculations: Valuing Future Damages
- 17 Compensating Somebody: Wrongful Death and Survival Actions
- 18 Some Legal Anatomy: Thinking Like a Tort Lawyer
- 19 Joint and Several Liability: The Classic Rules
- 20 Honor Among Thieves: Basic Principles of Contribution
- 21 Please Pass the Liability: Respondeat Superior and Nondelegable Duties
- 22 The Once and Future Defense: Assumption of the Risk
- 23 Casting the Second Stone: Comparative Negligence
- 24 The Fracturing of the Common Law: Loss Allocation in the Comparative Negligence Era
- 25 The Pot at the End of the Rainbow: Analyzing Torts Issues on an Essay Exam
- 26 Dandelions in the Bluebook Garden: Six Classic Exam Writing Mistakes
- 27 Practice Makes Perfect: Examples and Explanations
