Foundations of Tort Law (Interdisciplinary Readers in Law Series)

By Saul Levmore

Book Overview

Combining many classics of the tort literature with provocative new materials using a broad range of approaches--including law and economics, law and philosophy, feminist theory, critical legal studies, legal history, comparative law, law and society, and positive political theory--this reader by a noted scholar in the field illuminates the full spectrum of modern thinking about the subject. Brief questions at the conclusion of each reading encourage the student to consider the strengths, weaknesses, and ambiguities of each theory, and how it may apply to a familiar torts problem. Exploring such issues as the role of fault, means of social control, liability at the workplace, and tort reform, this volume is the perfect sourcebook for the study of tort law.
This is the second volume in the Interdisciplinary Readers in Law series (Roberta Romano, General Editor). Designed as a collection of supplementary texts for law school courses, the series collects important essays from leading lawyers, economists, political scientists, philosophers, historians, and legal scholars, reflecting the broad range of scholarship that informs contemporary law. Other volumes in the series include Foundations of Corporate Law (Roberta Romano, Editor), Foundations of Administrative Law (Peter Schuck, Editor), and Foundations of Contract Law (Richard Craswell and Alan Schwartz, Editors).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019508392X
• ISBN13: 9780195083927
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.9" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

Classic Econ lessons on Torts

What law and econ book would be complete without the Coase theorm? Sure enough, that's what leads off this collection of essays on Tort law. Most of the essays are econ-related, although you don't need to understand economics to follow them. Find out about the market for personal injury claims. Was Coase wrong? How broadly must we define, "transaction costs" before he is correct? Why don't parties bargain for the British rule of lawyer's fee allocation? How can we regulate public nuisance? Should we assign property rights or liability? Will people only buy for less than they would sell? If any of these questios have intrigued you, get this book!

Interesting collection of essays

Hey law students - this is a well-executed collection of essays on tort law. It has excerpts from some classic law and econ articles like Coase's "The Problem of Social Cost" and Calabresi and Melamed's "Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral." If you're not a law and econ type, there are other good essays from areas like feminist law theory and tort law history. It's certainly more fun to read than your average torts case-book, though I guess that's not saying much. If you want some extra perspective on tort law, I'd recommend this book.