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Cases And Materials On The Law Of Torts, Harry Shulman, Fleming James, Oscar Gray, Donald Gifford

Oscar S. Gray

This casebook is designed for teaching case analysis and the impact of social and economic factors on the common law. Enough of the majority opinions, and often the dissenting opinions, is presented to illustrate how the cases fit together with precedents and to enable students to evaluate competing arguments. The latest edition, though streamlined from previous editions, adds both coverage of emerging areas of liability, including claims under the alien tort statute, and traditional torts applied in new factual contexts, such as cyberspace and biomedical engineering.

Misrepresentation - Part I, Fleming James, Oscar Gray

Oscar S. Gray

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Cases And Materials On The Law Of Torts, 4th Edition, Harry Shulman, Fleming James, Oscar Gray, Donald Gifford

Oscar S. Gray

The opinions included in this law school casebook are designed for teaching case analysis and the social and economics consequences of legal decisions. Enough of the majority, and often the dissent opinion is presented to illustrate how the case fits with precedents and allows students to evaluate the arguments on either side of the case. It emphasizes accidents and the role of fault in society's management of their costs, and the historical basis for modern torts doctrines. It details intentional torts and a wide range of other non-accident wrongs.

The Prosser Notebook: Classroom As Biography And Intellectual History, Christopher Robinette

Christopher J Robinette

Tort Law And Probabilistic Litigation: How To Apply Multipliers To Address The Problem Of Negative Value Suits, Ben Depoorter

Ben Depoorter

This Article advances a proposal that brings to life valuable lawsuits that litigation costs currently discourage. Our proposal converts claims with negative expected values into positive expected value claims by implementing a novel system involving flexible conditional multipliers. Our proposal has two components. First, under the proposed system a plaintiff is allowed to select a damage multiplier that determines the amount of damages the plaintiff will receive if the litigation is successful. Second, courts select cases for litigation randomly with a probability inverse to the multiplier the plaintiff selected.

Tort Law's Flaws, Jeffrey O'Connell, Christopher Robinette

Christopher J Robinette