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Informationen zum Autor Keith N. Hylton is William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor and a Professor of Law at Boston University specializing in tort law, antitrust law, intellectual property law, and labor law. His latest book, a utilitarian defense of the intellectual property laws, is Laws of Creation: Property Rights in the World of Ideas (2013). Klappentext This book modernizes the traditional tort law textbook by combining in-depth analysis of policy with detailed discussion of legal doctrine. Zusammenfassung Tort Law: A Modern Perspective offers an up-to-date introduction to tort law for law students! lawyers! and others. Moving beyond the basics! it invites readers to think critically about policy rationales for the law and exposes them to modern analytical tools including cost-benefit analysis and game theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Policy and tort law; 3. Evolution of tort law; 4. Intentional torts; 5. Theoretical foundations of strict liability; 6. The reasonable person; 7. Customs, statutes, and the reasonable person; 8. Inferring negligence; 9. Contributory negligence and assumption of risk; 10. Contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and incentives for care; 11. Joint and several liability and vicarious liability; 12. Factual causation; 13. Proximate cause; 14. Duty to rescue and special relationships; 15. Strict liability: conversion, abnormally dangerous activities, and nuisance; 16. Defamation; 17. Products liability; 18. Damages.
