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008 090126s2009 txu b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aKF1250.Z9$bH375 2009
082 00 $a346.7303076$222
100 1 $aHasen, Richard L.
245 14 $aThe Glannon guide to torts :$blearning torts through multiple-choice questions and analysis /$cRichard L. Hasen.
246 30 $aGuide to torts
260 $aAustin :$bWolters Kluwer Law & Business ;$aNew York :$bAspen Publishers,$cc2009.
300 $axii, 435 p. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 431-432) and index.
505 0 $aA very short introduction -- Torts basics : the prima facie case and affirmative defenses -- Physical invasions : (harmful) battery, trespass to land, trespass 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 reasonable person standard -- More ways of proving breach : custom, negligence per se and res ipsa loquitur -- 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 limitations -- Closing closers.
650 0 $aTorts$zUnited States.
650 0 $aTorts$zUnited States$vProblems, exercises, etc.