TORTZ Volume 2: A Study of American Tort Law (Chapters 9 to 18) (2024 rev. ed.)

2 Tortz: A Study of American Tort Law (Lulu 2024 rev. ed.)

722 Pages Posted: 11 Jan 2024 Last revised: 29 Mar 2024

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Richard J. Peltz-Steele

University of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth

Date Written: March 27, 2024

Abstract

This textbook represents a survey study of American tort law suitable to American 1L students and foreign law students. Chapters cover: (9) damages, (10) res ipsa loquitur, (11) multiple liabilities, (12) attenuated duty and causation, (13) affirmative duty, (14) nuisance and property torts, and (15) communication and media torts, (16) interference and business torts, (17) government liability and civil rights, and (18) tort alternatives. This book is volume 2 of 2. This study is inspired by the teachings of the late Professor Marshall S. Shapo.

Keywords: torts, litigation, negligence, civil liability, legal education, nuisance, defamation, privacy

JEL Classification: k13,k41

Suggested Citation

Peltz-Steele, Richard J., TORTZ Volume 2: A Study of American Tort Law (Chapters 9 to 18) (2024 rev. ed.) (March 27, 2024). 2 Tortz: A Study of American Tort Law (Lulu 2024 rev. ed.), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4672435

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