In Defense of Tort Law /

In Defense of Tort Law / / Thomas Koenig, Michael Rustad.

Late night comedians and journalists eagerly seized upon the case of an elderly woman who sued McDonald’s when she spilled hot coffee in her lap as a prime example of frivolous litigation. But as Rustad and Koenig argue, cases such as these are an incomplete and misleading characterization of tort l...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Koenig, Thomas,
Rustad, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • 1 The Path of Tort Law
  • 2 The Human Face of Tort Law
  • 3 Gender Justice and Tort Law
  • 4 In Defense of Patients' Rights
  • 5 In Defense of Products Liability and Safety
  • 6 A Tort Law for the Twenty-First Century
  • Notes
  • Index and Table of Cases
  • About the Authors

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