Keith N. Hylton

Tort Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book modernizes the traditional tort law textbook by combining in-depth analysis of policy with detailed discussion of legal doctrine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 817g
• ISBN-13: 9781107125322
• ISBN-10: 1107125324
• Artikelnr.: 45154008

Autorenporträt

Keith N. Hylton is William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and a Professor of Law at Boston University specializing in tort law, antitrust law, intellectual property law, and labor law. His latest book, a utilitarian defense of the intellectual property laws, is Laws of Creation: Property Rights in the World of Ideas (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Policy and tort law
3. Evolution of tort law
4. Intentional torts
5. Theoretical foundations of strict liability
6. The reasonable person
7. Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person
8. Inferring negligence
9. Contributory negligence and assumption of risk
10. Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care
11. Joint and several liability and vicarious liability
12. Factual causation
13. Proximate cause
14. Duty to rescue and special relationships
15. Strict liability: conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance
16. Defamation
17. Products liability
18. Damages.