Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts
- ISBN-10
- 0314259589
- ISBN-13
- 9780314259585
- Series
- Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts
- Category
- Law / Torts
- Pages
- 1447
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Thomson/West
- Author
- George C. Christie
Description
Covers the evolution of the basic building blocks of modern tort law. Includes revised chapters on product liability, insurance, and non-tort alternatives. Minimally edited cases make this edition a good vehicle for teaching first-year students the essential techniques of case analysis and legal method. Includes chapters on negligence, causation and plaintiff's conduct as a contributing cause, nuisance, misrepresentation and tortious interference with contract and prospective contract, false imprisonment and misuse of legal process, constitutional torts, and immunities.
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