This edition of Professor Owen's classic treatise refines and updates the first edition's acclaimed examination of products liability law and theory in action. Topics include introductory discussions of the nature and history of this field of law in America and abroad; detailed treatments of theories of liability, product defectiveness, causation, defenses, and proof; considerations of various special types of litigation; and punitive damages. Throughout, the treatise explores the underlying tensions and policies in this area of law and explains the impact of the Restatement of the Law of Torts, Third: Products Liability.
This hornbook delves into the expanding field of products liability law. It focuses on the major issues of products liability law, addressing them in a clear, comprehensive manner. The book...
Understanding Products Liability Law
The Law of Product Liability
This authoritative two-volume work will enable you to: Assess products liability case potential and build sound litigation strategies Dig deep into products liability law to build creative approaches to litigation Craft a winning case and ...
503 H Teff, 'Products Liability in the Pharmaceutical Industry at Common Law' (1974) 20 McGill LJ 102,105 and R Goldberg, 'Products Liability' in A Grubb, J Lang, and J McHale (eds), Principles of Medical Law (4th edn, OUP, 2017), ...
Supplementing the text with numerous original flowcharts, tables, and other diagrams--as well as asking thoughtful questions along the way--this book charts a careful and comprehensible course through the often tempestuous battleground of ...
A book which looks at the nature of product liability in general, and the relationship it has with other manufacturers' liability in contract and tort. It then provides detailed country...
Rachel E. Barkow Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy Faculty Director, Center on the ... Business Stanford University Marc and Eva Stern Professor of Law and Business Columbia Law School James E. Krier Earl Warren DeLano ...
An erudite and provocative work, Stapleton: Product Liability will be of keen interest to students and teachers on courses in tort, product liability, consumer law, EC law and the philosophical foundations of the common law.
Originally published in 2001, Product Liability: Law & Insurance is a highly partical reference work that covers all facets of product liability.