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BEST TORT LAW BOOK AROUND
THIS BOOK WAS NOTHING BUT A LIFE SAVER TO ME.I COULDNT HAVE LEARNED TORT LAW WITHOUT IT.ROBERT R CUMMINS CAN WRITE A LAW BOOK BETTER THAN ANYONE. ... Read more

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In Defense of Tort Law
The media recently has created the impression that trial litigators often are vultures searching for frivolous complaints from which to extract millions in fees.Corporations seeking to avoid the consequences of policies which make seriously harm the consumer, the employee or the environment join with Republican politicians to reinforce this image. In Defense of Tort Law,Koenig and Rustad superbly demonstrate the reality and the legitimacy of many of the grievances that lead to suits against corporations. However these grievances are seldom adequately addressed because few middle class or working class individuals have the resources to confront multi-billion dollar corporations in long complicated expensive legal battles. The authors do an outstanding job of demonstrating that if punitive damages were eliminated, it would mean the end one of the few mechanism protecting the victims of corporate excess and the power of the corporation would be almost unlimited.

In Defense of Tort Law
The media recently has created the impression that trial litigators often are vultures searching for frivolous complaints from which to extract millions in fees. Corporations seeking to avoid the consequences of policies which may seriously harm the consumer, the employee or the environment join with Republican politicians to reinforce this image. In Defense of Tort Law, Koenig and Rustad superbly demonstrate the reality and the legitimacy of many of the grievances that lead to suits against corporations. However these grievances are seldom adequately addressed because few middle class or working class individuals have the resources to confront multi-billion dollar corporations in long complicated expensive legal battles. The authors do an outstanding job of demonstrating that if punitive damages were eliminated, it would mean the end one of the few mechanism protecting the victims of corporate excess and the power of the corporation would be almost unlimited.

Dazzling Defense but Misleading
IN DEFENSE OF TORT LAW is a reasonably safe read for readers who know about tort reform but should not be opened by readers who are less experienced. Read more

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good book
It is exelent book which goes to the deep of English Law. However, this is an old edition. There is a new edition just out.14/09/2000 ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Contracts    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Torts    5. English law: torts    6. Law / Torts    7. Law | Torts   

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Can you say Palsgraf?
We all know that trial lawyers, and especially personal injury and malpractice litigators, are ruining this country...running our great Nation into the ground and just driving W bonkers.So if you think tort law is getting just a "little too frisky," Goldberg, Sebok, and Zipursky will set you as straight as the day is long.This case book presents an amazingly clear, concise, and well-organized format of caselaw, policy implications, notes and questions.Before long, you too will be looking out for barrels rolling out of windows, patients eating laperotomy pads, and kooky barge mishaps...you will never again walk down the street without watching a potential slip and fall, knowingly wagging your finger, and declaring, "That's a tort!"
An unusually good casebook
Let's face it--casebooks are usually pretty dull.But this one is different.First, the cases are more modern than anything else out there (sure, there are a few unavoidable classics, like Palsgraf, but most are from the past 20 years) and they cover topics of interest to today's students.Second, the questions at the end of each case are actually USEFUL!Having been involved in legal education myself, I've seen a lot of casebooks, and most of the end-of-case questions are boring and unhelpful at best.Goldberg et al. provide questions that are thought-provoking and add a great deal to one's understanding of the cases, so much so that I would advise readers to skim the questions before reading each case, and then devote some time to answering them afterwards.You'll be surprised how much you benefit from doing so.Read more

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Abstract
Uncertainty is present in virtually every tort litigation. Generally, courts tackle the uncertainty problem by requiring the plaintiff to prove his case by the preponderance of the evidence. However, on numerous occasions tort plaintiffs encounter systematic difficulties in establishing their allegations against defendants. This phenomenon is prevalent in the area of mass torts, which occupies the centre of the tort law agenda in the past three decades. In this area, victims of torts systematically fail to establish their lawsuits against wrongdoers even when it is clear that the latter are responsible for enormous damages. The uncertainty problem is not limited to the mass tort context. In many other contexts, tort and evidence law doctrines also fail to offer satisfactory solutions to that problem. Typically, this failure occurs in cases that involve indeterminate causation, an evidentiary barrier that prevents factual attribution of the litigated damage to the defendant's wrongdoing. Due to this failure, victims of torts are left under-compensated and their wrongdoers under-deterred.
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Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Liability (Law)    4. Private Law    5. Torts    6. Uncertainty    7. English law: torts    8. English legal system: law of evidence    9. Law / Torts    10. Law | Torts    11. Torts / delicts   

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Expertly compiled by attorney Daniel Sitarz
Expertly compiled by attorney Daniel Sitarz, Personal Legal Forms Simplified is a no-nonsense consumer reference which is packed from cover to cover with everything an American needs to know concerning basic contracts, wills, living trusts, bills of sale, promissory notes, and more. Its easy-to-use forms (valid in all 50 states and Washington D.C.), are both available in the text and are also included on CD. Personal Legal Forms Simplified is an excellent and strongly recommended resource for ordinary citizens with no specialized legal training or experience of their own. ... Read more

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Mass Confusion is more to the point
The description by the publisher of a "seminal" book in the field is laughable.Well, if by seminal, he means the one and only case book on the subject.Other wise the book is about as helpful as most legal case books, which is not very.Of course the legal profession has a high thresh hold for worthless and confusing and poorly written text.Just wade into legal scholarship sometime and see if you don't find most of the writing incomprehensible, obtuse, circular, etc.
Seminal work in the field
A must for anyone interested in this emerging field.Professor Mullenix sets a new standard for scholarship.This will be the standard reference for many, many years to come ... Read more

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An original and core addition to Holocaust Studies reference
Holocaust Justice: The Battle For Restitution In America's Courts by Michael J. Bazyler (Professor of Law, Whittier Law School, Costa Mesa, California, and Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC) is a definitive analytical study of how the American courts and system of justice were used to address the mass-scale theft initiated by the Holocaust, which not only exterminated six billion Jews but also stole hundreds of billions in wealth and possessions from its Jewish victims. Since the end of World War II, this mass theft was further perpetrated and exacerbated by Swiss banks that refused to give the families of Holocaust survivors their due; Italian, Swiss, and German insurance policies that refused to pay on prewar policies; wrangling in the courts concerning art looted by the Nazis in wartime Europe, and more. An original and core addition to Holocaust Studies reference collections, Holocaust Justice is a thoughtful, informative, detailed, authoritative study of the ongoing battle for justice stretching decades after Nazi genocide was ended by the Allies along with the rest of the Third Reich. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History - General History    2. Holocaust    3. Law    4. Legal History    5. Torts    6. HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS    7. History / Holocaust    8. Property, real estate, land & tenancy law    9. RESTITUTION    10. USA   

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Must-read book
This book should be mandatory in tort law classes and for legislators.Even if one doesn't agree with the arguments and points made, one cannot discuss tort law intelligently without being able to address Huber's critique.

The Tort Cop and Corporations
There are many problems with Huber's book - most stemming from his confusion between capitalism and corporatism.The ever-increasing effectiveness of libability and the "tort cop" in holding anti-capitalist corporations accountable for their actions is a problem for corporatism, which is a good thing for capitalism and society.The "tort cop" effectively polices shoddy actors in the market and even puts them out of business when they are repeatedly negligent in hurting others.
Among Best Anywhere On The Subject
Huber appears to be an attorney by education, if not in practice.He has researched the subject well, and has a dry wit in his comparisons that enliven the reading if the reader has any intellectual inclination.The book does not require heavy concentration but is not for a relaxing fireside session.Covering mainly recent decades where liberal legalists Huber terms "The Founders" significantly altered the face of American law in the area of liability, you will understand why he uses the term "revolution" when you finish this book.The anecdotes and historical cases are fascinating. This is absolutely de rigeur reading for anyone expecting or claiming expertise on the subject of liability on the American legal scene. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Contracts    3. Damages    4. Great Britain    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Liability (Law)    8. Obligations (Law)    9. Torts    10. English law: contract law    11. English law: torts    12. Law / Torts    13. Law | Torts   

Subjects:  1. Class actions (Civil procedure    2. Class actions (Civil procedure)    3. Consumer    4. Firearms    5. Industries - Manufacturing Industries    6. Law    7. Law and legislation    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Torts    10. United States    11. Civil rights & citizenship    12. Law / Consumer    13. USA   

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Subjects:  1. Legal Reference / Law Profession    2. General    3. English law: torts    4. Law / General    5. Torts    6. Law   

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Subjects:  1. Actions and defenses    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Business & Financial    4. Business Law    5. Commercial law    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Litigation    9. Torts    10. United States    11. Jurisprudence & General Issues