Both students and instructors will welcome the new edition of Joseph W. Glannon's the Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations .
A single-volume introduction to contemporary tort and injury law.
“[I]n the context of a standard negligence case, with its attendant issues of contributory negligence, ... In Brower, the plaintiff was injured when a glass door on the defendant's premises shattered as he was trying to push it open.
The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts provides a clear and comprehensive account of what tort law is, how it works, what it stands to accomplish, and why it is now much-disputed.
Each case is an artifact of its time; students can compare the judges’ societal perceptions and moral compasses to those of the current era. This book is part of the Open Casebook series from Harvard Law School Library and MIT Press.
Christina Brooks Whitman, Francis A. Allen Collegiate Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School --
This book offers a rich insight into the law of torts and cognate fileds, and will be of broad interest to those working in legal and moral philosophy.
The new, four-volume second edition provides users with authoritative, comprehensive, up-to-date discussion and analysis of the legal principles and rules governing tort law.
Ten additional chapters on more advanced topics can be found online, completing the learning package. This new edition has been updated to take account of important cases, legislative developments and law reform studies since July 2015.
This book begins with a description of the civil rights of an individual who is wronged by another person, followed by a particular attention to the remedies that are available to people who are wronged by any of the standard torts.