M. Stuart Madden is Distinguished Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law. His primary teaching and scholarly interests are in the areas of Torts, Environmental Torts and Products Liability. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and serves on various policy advisory groups and scholarly advisory boards. He has lectured internationally on Tort and accident prevention subjects and has given testimony before both Houses of Congress on Tort Reform issues.
Part I. Tort Law in the New Millennium: Past as Prologue: 1. Tort Law
through time and culture: themes of economic efficiency M. Stuart Madden;
2. Past as prelude: the legacy of five landmarks of twentieth-century
injury law for the future of Torts Robert L. Rabin; Part II. Compensation
and Deterrence in the Modern World: 3. Twenty-first century insurance and
loss distribution in Tort Law Kenneth S. Abraham; 4. Beyond master-servant:
a critique of vicarious liability Jennifer H. Arlen and W. Bentley McLeod;
Part III. Duty Rules, Courts, and Torts: 5. The disintegration of duty
Ernest J. Weinrib; 6. Managing the negligence concept: respect for the rule
of law James A. Henderson, Jr; 7. Rebuilding the citadel: privity,
causation, and freedom of contract Richard A. Epstein; 8. Controlling the
future of the common law by restatement Jane Stapleton; 9. Information
shields in Tort Law David G. Owen; 10. The complexity of torts: the case of
punitive damages Guido Calabresi; 11. The future of proportional liability:
the lessons of toxic substance causation Michael D. Green; Part IV. Torts
in a Shrinking World: 12. Causation in products liability and exposure to
toxic substances: a European view Federico Stella; 13. Collective rights
and collective actions: examples of European and Latin American
contributions Juan Carlos Henao.
