Understanding 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. |