Recognizing Wrongs

ISBN-10
0674246543
ISBN-13
9780674246546
Category
Torts
Language
English
Published
2020
Authors
Benjamin C. Zipursky, John C. P. Goldberg

Description

Much bemoaned and widely misunderstood, tort law provides an essential vehicle for injured parties to seek redress from wrongdoers and hold them accountable. John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky defend tort law against its critics and lay out comprehensively their increasingly influential "civil recourse" conception of tort.

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