Tort Law : a modern perspective /
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
c2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Policy and tort law
- Evolution of tort law
- Intentional torts
- Theoretical foundations of strict liability
- The reasonable person
- Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person
- Inferring negligence
- Contributory negligence and assumption of risk
- Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care
- Joint and several liability, and vicarious liability
- Factual causation
- Proximate cause
- Duty to rescue and special relationships
- Strict liability : conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance
- Defamation
- Products liability
- Damages.