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Tort Law: A 21st-Century Approach
The purposes of tort law have expanded over the centuries of its evolution. In its earliest forms in England in the 12th century, tort claims provided a means of ordering civil society and keeping the peace. By defining certain conduct as wrongful and enabling a means of redress for harms caused by deviations from that standard, tort law reflected and helped shape social behavior and expectations.
- Author
- Zahr K. Said
- Publisher
- University of Washington
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Business Administration
Contents· 45 sections
- 01: Introduction to Tort Law
- 1.01: A 21st-Century Overview of Tort Law
- 1.02: Introduction to Negligence
- 1.03: Introduction to Strict Liability
- 1.04: Distinguishing Strict Liability from Negligence (Socratic Script)
- 1.05: Introduction to the Intentional Torts- Protecting Property Body and Mind
- 1.06: Intentional Torts vs Negligence (Socratic Script)
- 02: Intentional Torts
- 2.01: Intent
- 2.02: Revisiting Assault and Battery
- 2.03: False Imprisonment
- 2.04: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED)
- 2.05: IIED- A Deeper Dive (Socratic Script)
- 2.06: Trespass to Chattels and Conversion
- 2.07: Defenses Against the Intentional Torts
- 03: Negligence
- 3.01: Negligence- Duty
- 3.02: Duty As a Function of Foreseeability (Socratic Script)
- 3.03: Negligence- Breach
- 3.04: Negligence- Policy Considerations Regarding Duty and Breach (Socratic Script)
- 3.05: Negligence Per Se and Res Ipsa Loquitur
- 3.06: Negligence- Causation
- 3.07: Negligence- Proximate Cause
- 3.08: Negligence- Foreseeability in Duty and Proximate Cause Analysis (Socratic Script)
- 04: Defenses Privileges Immunities and Limitations
- 4.01: Plaintiffs Conduct
- 4.02: Immunities
- 4.03: Statutes of Limitation and Repose
- 05: Products Liability Law
- 5.01: Developments in Tort Law and Early Products Liability Law
- 5.02: Implied Warranty
- 5.03: Express Warranty
- 5.04: Strict Products Liability
- 5.05: Product Liability Based on Dangerous or Defective Condition
- 5.06: Design Defects (Socratic Script)
- 5.07: Defenses to Products Liability
- 06: Damages
- 6.01: Punitive Damages
- 6.02: Compensatory Damages
- 6.03: Statutory Caps on Damages (Socratic Script)
- 6.04: Implications for Social Justice
- 07: Defamation
- 7.01: Introduction to Defamations Elements at Common Law (Until 1964)
- 7.02: Constitutional Constraints
- 7.03: Defenses and Limitations