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Recognizing wrongs /

Much bemoaned and widely misunderstood, tort law provides an essential vehicle for injured parties to seek redress from wrongdoers and hold them accountable. John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky defend tort law against its critics and lay out comprehensively their increasingly influential "civil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Goldberg, John C. P., 1961- (Autor), Zipursky, Benjamin C., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Civil recourse
  • Civil wrongs and civil rights
  • Against the grain
  • Rules, duties, rights, and rights of action
  • The principle of civil recourse : a defense
  • Damages as redress
  • II. The wrongs of tort law
  • Moral luck, strict liability, and victim standing : three features of tortious wrongdoing
  • Dual instrumentalism
  • Dual constructivism
  • III. Wrongs and recourse in context
  • Civil recourse in the modern world
  • Applications : the duty of care, design defects, and internet libel
  • Conclusion: Recognizing wrongs.