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Understanding torts
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- Creator
- John L. Diamond, Lawrence C. Levine, M. Stuart Madden
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Third edition
- Newark, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, [2007]
- ©2007
- Physical Details
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- xxvi, 394 pages, 12 pages, 8 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1422411605, 9781422411605, 9781422428658
- OCLC
- ocm87543992
- Includes 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 or legal cause -- Joint & several liability -- Damages -- Defenses -- Strict liability -- Products liability -- Nuisance and trespass -- Economic torts -- Misuse of legal processes -- Defamation -- Invasion of privacy