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020 _a9780769872346 (print)
040 _csokunthea
041 _heng
082 _a346.7303
100 _aDiamond, John L.
100 _aBernstein, Anita.
245 _aUnderstanding Torts /
_cby John L. Diamond, Lawrence C. Levine and Anita Bernstein
260 _aNew Providence, NJ :
_bLexisNexis ,
_c2013
300 _axxii, 382 pages ;
_c24 cm
500 _aIncludes index
505 _aIntentional 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 cause or scope of liability -- Joint and several liability -- Damages -- Defenses -- Strict liability -- Products liability -- Nuisance and trespass -- Economic torts -- Misuse of legal processes -- Defamation -- Invasion of privacy
650 0 _aTorts
_zUnited States
942 _cBE
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