Understanding torts /
John Diamond, Professore of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law; Lawrence C. Levine, Professor of Law, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law; Anita Bernstein, Anita and Stuart Subotnick Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School.
- 6th ed.
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2018]
- xxiii, 380 pages ; 26 cm.
- Carolina Academic Press understanding series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intentional interference with persons and property -- Defenses to intentional torts -- The negligence concept and the reasonable person standard of care -- The determination of unreasonableness : breach of duty, custom, and the role of the jury -- Proof of breach -- Statutory standards of care--"negligence per se" -- Professional negligence -- Duty in negligence cases -- Land occupier duty -- Duty limited by kind of harm -- Cause-in-fact -- Proximate cause or scope of liability -- Joint and several liability -- Damages -- Defenses -- Strict liability -- Products liability -- Nuisance and trespass -- Economic torts -- Misuse of legal processes -- Defamation -- Invasion of privacy.