Exploring Tort Law (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Madden, M. Stuart

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Produktbeschreibung

Independent of criminal or contract law, Tort law provides individuals and groups with redress for injury to every dimension of life from physical injury, to property damage, to personal insult. Over past decades no body of law within the civil justice system has experienced greater ferment than the law of Torts. In the US, state courts, federal courts, and the Supreme Court have all been active in the development of Tort policy. This edited collection comprises scholarship from many of today's most influential contributors regarding Torts and Compensation Systems scholarship. Topics include an investigation of the original stimuli for tort-type norms from ancient times onwards, a provocative analysis of five tort landmarks from MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. to United States v. Carroll Towing Co, and a frank assessment of the limitations of torts within broader compensation systems goals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511343360
• Artikelnr.: 38215154

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.