Tort Law: A Modern Perspective
Author:   Keith N. Hylton
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107125322


Pages:   464
Publication Date:   06 June 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Tort Law: A Modern Perspective


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Author:   Keith N. Hylton
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.740kg
ISBN:  

9781107125322


ISBN 10:   1107125324
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   06 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Policy and tort law; 3. Evolution of tort law; 4. Intentional torts; 5. Theoretical foundations of strict liability; 6. The reasonable person; 7. Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person; 8. Inferring negligence; 9. Contributory negligence and assumption of risk; 10. Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care; 11. Joint and several liability and vicarious liability; 12. Factual causation; 13. Proximate cause; 14. Duty to rescue and special relationships; 15. Strict liability: conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance; 16. Defamation; 17. Products liability; 18. Damages.

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Keith N. Hylton is William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and a Professor of Law at Boston University specializing in tort law, antitrust law, intellectual property law, and labor law. His latest book, a utilitarian defense of the intellectual property laws, is Laws of Creation: Property Rights in the World of Ideas (2013).

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