The Glannon guide to torts : learning torts through multiple-choice questions and analysis / Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine.
2020
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The Glannon guide to torts : learning torts through multiple-choice questions and analysis / Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California, Irvine.
Edition
Fourth edition.
Imprint
Frederick, MD : Aspen Publishing, [2020]
Description
1 online resource (xii, 437 pages)
Formatted Contents Note
A very short introduction
Torts basics : the prima facie case and affirmative defenses
Physical invasions : (Harmful) battery, purposeful infliction of bodily harm, trespass to land, trepass to chattels, and conversion
Emotional and dignitary torts : assault, offensive battery, and false imprisonment
Affirmative defenses to intentional torts
Intentional tort frontiers : intentional infliction of emotional distress
Introduction to negligence : corrective justice, efficiency, and the choice between strict liability and negligence
Breach : the reasonalble person standard
More ways of proving breach : custom, negligence Per Se, and Res Ipsa Louitur
Affirmative defenses to negligence : contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and assumption of risk
Basic duty rules : foreseeable plaintiffs, the sports cases, and risk creation
More duty rules : special relationships, landowners, and negligent infliction of emotional distress
Actual cause : "But for" causation, its complications, and exceptions
Proximate cause : policy limitations on the scope of liability
From traditional strict liability to strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities
Nuisance
Vicarious liability
The prima facie case for products liability torts
Products liability torts defenses, including preemption
Compensatory damages
Mitigation, offsetting benefits, and collateral sources
Joint and several liability
Punitive damages and their constitutional limtations
Closing closers.
Torts basics : the prima facie case and affirmative defenses
Physical invasions : (Harmful) battery, purposeful infliction of bodily harm, trespass to land, trepass to chattels, and conversion
Emotional and dignitary torts : assault, offensive battery, and false imprisonment
Affirmative defenses to intentional torts
Intentional tort frontiers : intentional infliction of emotional distress
Introduction to negligence : corrective justice, efficiency, and the choice between strict liability and negligence
Breach : the reasonalble person standard
More ways of proving breach : custom, negligence Per Se, and Res Ipsa Louitur
Affirmative defenses to negligence : contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and assumption of risk
Basic duty rules : foreseeable plaintiffs, the sports cases, and risk creation
More duty rules : special relationships, landowners, and negligent infliction of emotional distress
Actual cause : "But for" causation, its complications, and exceptions
Proximate cause : policy limitations on the scope of liability
From traditional strict liability to strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities
Nuisance
Vicarious liability
The prima facie case for products liability torts
Products liability torts defenses, including preemption
Compensatory damages
Mitigation, offsetting benefits, and collateral sources
Joint and several liability
Punitive damages and their constitutional limtations
Closing closers.
Summary
"Study guide for torts containing explanations, multiple-choice questions, and exam-taking tips Audience: Law school students taking torts"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Print version: Hasen, Richard L., Glannon guide to torts. Fourth edition
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Aspen Learning Library
Language
English
ISBN
9781543819885 (electronic book)
1543819885 (electronic book)
9781543807745 hardcover
1543807747 hardcover
1543819885 (electronic book)
9781543807745 hardcover
1543807747 hardcover
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