Screen LibraryUnderstanding torts /
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| Group Author: | ; |
| Published: |
LexisNexis,
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| Publisher Address: | New Providence, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
| Series: |
The Understanding series
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| Carrier Form: | xxii, 382, 11, 9 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780769872346 (paperback) : 0769872344 (print) |
| Index Number: | KF1250 |
| CLC: | D971.23 |
| Call Number: | D971.23/D537/5th ed. |
| Contents: | Intentional interference with persons and property -- Defenses to intentional torts -- The negligence concept and the reasonable person standard of care -- The determination of unreasonableness : breach of duty, custom, and the role of the jury -- Proof of breach -- Statutory standards of care? negligence per se? -- Professional negligence -- Duty in negligence cases -- Land occupier duty -- Duty limited by kind of harm -- Cause-in-fact -- Proximate cause or scope of liability -- Joint and several liability -- Damages -- Defenses -- Strict liability -- Products liability -- Nuisance and trespass -- Economic torts -- Misuse of legal processes -- Defamation -- Invasion of privacy. |