The Liability Century: Insurance and Tort Law from the Progressive Era to 9/11

by Kenneth S. Abraham

Kenneth Abraham explores the development and interdependency of the tort liability regime and the insurance system in the United States during the twentieth century and beyond, including the events of September 11, 2001.

From its beginning late in the nineteenth century, the availability of liability insurance led to the creation of new forms of liability, heavily influenced expansion of the liabilities that already existed, and continually...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067402768X
• ISBN13: 9780674027688
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"