Hornbook on torts
Defining tort law -- Aims, policies, history and methods of tort law -- Tort law in practice -- Direct and intentional interference with the person -- Intentional interference with real property : trespass to land -- Intentional interference with tangible personal property : trespass to chattels and...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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St. Paul, MN
West Academic Publishing
2016
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| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | Hornbook series
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Defining tort law -- Aims, policies, history and methods of tort law -- Tort law in practice -- Direct and intentional interference with the person -- Intentional interference with real property : trespass to land -- Intentional interference with tangible personal property : trespass to chattels and conversion -- Defenses to intentional torts -- Consent -- The negligence action : an introduction -- Duty and the ordinary standard of reasonable care under the circumstances -- Importing statutory standards of care : negligence per se -- Breach of duty -- Proving negligence claims -- Actual harm & factual cause -- Scope of liability (Proximate cause) -- Fault of the plaintiff -- Assumption of the risk -- Statutes of limitation and federal preemption -- Expanded duties of care : carriers, innkeepers and fiduciaries -- Premises liability -- Liability of health care providers -- Liability of government entities, officers and employees -- Family members and charities -- Professional risk-takers -- Limiting liability for nonn-action -- Duty to protect from third persons and from self-harm -- Prenatal and birth-relate injury -- Wrongful death and survival actions -- Emotional harm -- Nuisance -- Vicarious liability for physical harms -- Products liability -- Damages -- Apportionment of liability among parties -- Alternative systems forr compensating injury -- Defamation -- Privacy -- Misusing judicial process -- Interference with family relationships -- Economic torts and economic loss rules -- Interference with contract and economic interests -- Misrepresentation and falsehoods -- Economic harm to intangible interests by conversion or spoliation -- Legal malpractice -- Unfair competition : trademarks, trade secrets and publicity rights |
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| Beschreibung: | xxxi, 1336 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781628101478 |