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Contents

Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress

Summary of Contents

Part One - Overview
Chapter 1.  An Introduction to Torts

Part Two - Negligence: Liability for Physical Harms
Chapter 2.  The Duty Element
Chapter 3.  The Breach Element
Chapter 4.  The Causation Element
Chapter 5.  Aligning the Elements: Proximate Cause and Palsgraf
Chapter 6.  Statutory Supplements: Negligence Per Se, Wrongful Death Acts, and Implied Rights of Action
Chapter 7.  Defenses
Chapter 8.  Damages and Apportionment

Part Three - Battery, Assault, False Imprisonment, and Infliction of Emotional Distress
Chapter 9.  Battery, Assault, and False Imprisonment
Chapter 10.  Infliction of Emotional Distress

Part Four - Liability Without Fault and Products Liability
Chapter 11.  Property Torts and Ultrahazardous Activities
Chapter 12.  Products Liability

Part Five - Torts at the Supreme Court
Chapter 13.  Torts at the Supreme Court