Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Index
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- Tort LawA Modern Perspective, pp. 435 - 457Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016