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	Tort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The origins of the modern law of torts lie in the old remedies of trespass and trespass on the case.
		Tort law is distinguished from the law of contract, the law of restitution, and the criminal law.
		The law of torts therefore aims to restore the injured person to the position he or she was in before the tort was committed (the expectation or rightful position principle).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tort (1195 words)

	E Law - The Potential of the Law of Torts to Assist in the Protection of Children
		In a sense, this provides another avenue for tort law to protect children, in that it prevents liability attaching to children for committing acts they may not be aware are wrong, or may not be capable of being aware of consequences which may flow from their actions.
		For if the law cannot "accommodate all the untidy complexity of life"[139] then the boundaries of the law of torts, and negligence in particular, must always be tested.
		Cretney observes that by the Law Commission's statutory list of those entitled to seek protection against molestation, "the groupie of man or woman scorned is to remain free to behave in as uncivilised a way as the law of torts permits." Cretney, S.
	www.murdoch.edu.au /elaw/issues/v3n1/hockingb.html (10971 words)

	DRT Solutions - Law of Torts
		Tort, as we have seen, aims principally at the prevention or compensation of harm whereas the “ core “ of contract is the idea of forcing certain promises.
		law of torts and law of contracts lies in the nature of the duty that is violated.
		In the case of a tort the duty is one imposed by the law and is owed to the community at large.
	www.drtsolutions.com /Torts.htm (11132 words)

	Law > Torts
		This book examines two problems in private law which are posed by the 'Good Samaritan': First, is an intervener under a legal duty to come to the aid of a fellow human being and does he incur any criminal or tortious liability if he fails...
		Tort Law for Legal Assistants, Third Edition is the resource students and novice paralegals turn to for coverage of tort law principles and the practical skills needed to assist in the practice of personal injury law.
		This new edition of Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law has been substantially revised and updated to provide a general overview of the law of tort for students and their lecturers, while including critical commentary and comparative and economic angles which will also be of interest...
	www.englishbooks.it /BUS/r_LAW08700/p_1/Torts.htm (464 words)

	Stetson Law -- Torts, Professor Robert Bickel
		The chief aim of the action in Tort for civil reparation is the compensation of the individual for the loss she has suffered within the scope of her legally recognized private interests, where the law demands that compensation is required as the best method of relief, i.e.
		That the student be exposed to the promulgation of tort law rules by statute, and the role of the courts in interpreting statutory tort law.
		Moreover, even though the rule of law is considered and applied by the lawyer in both her resolution of formal legal disputes (before a court), and in preventive practice - its application in either sense is shaped and defined by the cases in which the rule has been announced and applied.
	www.law.stetson.edu /courses/torts (8254 words)

	LII: Law about...Personal Injury and Torts
		Torts are civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit.
		While some torts are also crimes punishable with imprisonment, the primary aim of tort law is to provide relief for the damages incurred and deter others from committing the same harms.
		Tort law is state law created through judges (common law) and by legislatures (statutory law).
	www.law.cornell.edu /topics/torts.html (338 words)

	Civil Law in Canada: Torts
		In a tort there is no underlying agreement that establishes the rights and responsibilities between two parties.
		Torts are the act of omission (failure to do something) or the act of commission (doing something you should not) that causes harm.
		In torts, the parties involved are strangers according to the law.
	www.saskschools.ca /curr_content/law30/civil/lesson1/1c.html (333 words)

	Torts Web Tutorial - SMU Dedman School of Law
		Imagine that you have been assigned to Professor Palacios’s Torts class, and that this will be the very first class you attend in law school.
		Professor Palacios expects that all the students in the class have read the case carefully (which means more than one time for beginning law students) and have done their best to brief the case (write an outline of the legal issues) before coming to class.
		Professor Palacios expects to be able to call on any student in class, and through a series of questions and responses to the student's answers to those questions, help all the students in the class understand the case they have been assigned to read.
	www.law.smu.edu /firstday/torts/default.htm (171 words)

	Torts
		The intellectual foundations of tort law are explored in K. Abraham, The Forms and Functions of Tort Law (1997); J. Davies, L. Levine, and E. Kionka, A Torts Anthology (2d ed.
		This is certainly true when a corporation is held liable for the torts of its employees whether they be lower, middle or upper level.
		As a matter of law, on this record, no conduct by the Hospital would lead a reasonable patient to believe that the treating emergency room physicians were hospital employees.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /torts3y/readings/CB-R-01.htm (4058 words)

	LAW 611 Torts Syllabus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All of the questions that tort law confronts–such as what types of injuries should be legally recognized, under what circumstances we should compensate someone who has been injured by the acts of another, what constitutes compensation, what constitutes injury, and what social goals a system of compensation should advance–are subject to widely varying answers.
		Thus, tort law has varied considerably over the course of history, and continues to vary from country to country, state to state and sometimes even from case to case.
		Another controversial issue is whether tort law should be used to, in effect, “regulate,” certain industries such as tobacco and firearms.
	mainelaw.maine.edu /torts.htm (1077 words)

	Emanuel Law Outlines Torts
		For each individual intentional tort, you have to memorize a different definition of "intent." All that the intentional torts have in common is that D must have intended to bring about some sort of physical or mental effect upon another person.
		Definition: This tort is the intentional or reckless infliction, by extreme and outrageous conduct, of severe emotional or mental distress, even in the absence of physical harm.
		Forced sale: If P is successful with her tort suit, a forced sale occurs: D is required to pay the full value of the goods (not just the amount of the use or damage, as in trespass to chattels), but gets to keep the goods.
	www.geocities.com /emanuellawoutlines/torts_emanuel.htm (14946 words)

	Torts
		TORTPROF@chicagokent.kentlaw.edu (Association of American Law Schools Section on Torts and Compensations Systems; private list limited to teachers of tort law and those with related interests at law schools and graduate schools).
		Nicolas P. Terry is Professor of Law at Saint Louis University where he is a member of the Center for Health Law Studies.
		He is the co-author of Problems in Insurance Law (West, 1989), Cases, Materials And Problems in the Law of Torts (Michie/LP, 1991, 1997), and Products Liability, Cases, Material, Problems (Michie/LP, 1994, 1998 Supp.).
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /sg_torts.htm (759 words)

	Bora Laskin Law Library - Finding Legal Information on the Web - Torts/Personal Injury
		The primary aim of tort law is to provide relief for damages incurred and deter others from committing the same harms.
		Torts are civil wrongs that result in an injury or harm and constitute the basis for a claim and lawsuit by the injured party.
		Personal injury law encompasses all types of physical and psychological injuries such as injuries arising from motor vehicle accidents, occupier's liability claims, public liability claims, negligence of school boards with respect to the operation of highways, public transportation and recreational facilities, product liability claims and catastrophic loss claims such as accidents resulting in paraplegia.
	www.law-lib.utoronto.ca /resources/topic/torts.htm (533 words)

	Restatement of the Law, Second, Torts, § 652
		One who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the solitude or seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy, if the intrusion would be highly offensive to a reasonable person.
		It has not been established with certainty that liability of this nature is consistent with the free-speech and free-press provisions of the First Amendment to the Constitution, as applied to state law through the Fourteenth Amendment.
		Pending further elucidation by the Supreme Court, this Section has been drafted in accordance with the current state of the common law of privacy and the constitutional restrictions on that law that have been recognized as applying.
	cyber.law.harvard.edu /privacy/Privacy_R2d_Torts_Sections.htm (956 words)

	JCCC::LAW 142 - Torts
		Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to explain the major principles of tort law and personal injury litigation.
		The student should be able to discuss and compare the elements of negligence torts, intentional torts and strict liability torts, as well as the types of damages available and defenses to each of these torts.
		Identify Kansas case law and statutes which are relevant to Kansas tort law.
	www.johnco.cc.ks.us /home/course_outline/spring-2005/LAW142 (478 words)

	NABR Animal Law §ection - Torts Overview
		The focus of animal rights activities with respect to torts has been primarily in the areas of intentional torts and negligence.
		Tort liability for negligence is based upon the premise that a person should exercise reasonable care in how he or she behaves and conducts his or her affairs.
		Specific torts advanced by many animal rights lawyers include (1) negligent or intentional infliction of emotional distress, (2) loss of companionship, and (3) veterinary malpractice (negligence).
	www.nabr.org /animallaw/Torts.htm (295 words)

	Groupstores - Books - Books - Subjects - Law - Business - Torts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is a great study aid for all first year law students.
		This law school casebook provides explanations of every major tort case and analyzes their implications.
		A single-volume introduction to contemporary tort and injury law.
	books.groupstores.com /Books/Subjects/Law/Business/Torts.aspx (414 words)

	Law: Law of Torts
		The law of torts represents the means whereby individuals may protect their private interests and obtain compensation from those who violate them.
		On completing the course, you will be acquainted with the fundamental principles of tortious liability, both statutory and common-law and the main defences and remedies available to parties to a claim in tort.
		You will have an understanding of the varieties of torts and of the legal interests that these seek to protect.
	www.buckingham.ac.uk /law/llb/courses/torts.html (181 words)

	Torts Law Resources
		Provides an overview of tort law including links to related federal and state statutes, state judicial decisions, conventions and treaties, and key internet sources.
		By a leading contemporary authority on tort law, the text covers conflict of law; liability of multiple tortfeasor; defenses; immunities; procedure; damages; negligence, as well as willful and wanton misconduct; causation; and comparative negligence.
		All current areas of tort law are covered in the site.
	www.ll.georgetown.edu /find/resource_display_subject.cfm?topic_id=185 (709 words)

	Tort and Personal Injury Law - MegaLaw.com
		Francovich Follow-Up - Case law by the ECJ and a number of national courts of Member States on State liability for breach of European Community law.
		Tort and Insurance Resource Center - From Standard Weisberg, P.C. Tort Law - From Gleim Publications.
		Tort Law - An Introduction - A very brief introduction to the area of torts, from the World Wide Legal Information Association, for the general public.
	www.megalaw.com /top/tort.php (848 words)

	LII: Law about...Sports
		Sports Law encompasses a multitude areas of law brought together in unique ways.
		Sports Law can be roughly divided into the areas of amateur, professional, and international sports.
		Although roughly 50% of the NCAA's members are sponsored by state governments, the Supreme Court has suggested that the eligibility rules of the NCAA are not state action for constitutional law purposes.
	www.law.cornell.edu /topics/sports.html (678 words)

	DESIREE COOPER: Becoming our own worst nightmares
		My law school torts professor, Saul Levmore, thought he was a comedian, but he wasn't joking when he told us about his first trip to New York.
		We passed the ironically named Patriot Act, a law which gave the government broad powers to trample our civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism.
		A law which is being challenged in a Detroit federal district court.
	www.freep.com /news/metro/des1_20040701.htm (630 words)

	Law of Torts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The aim of this course is to give students a firm grasp of the principles governing the law of torts and to examine in detail a number of selected torts.
		While the primary focus will be on the law of torts in Ireland, frequent reference will be made to other common law jurisdictions.
		The Law Faculty, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
	www.nuigalway.ie /law/Courses/tort_connolly.html (235 words)

	The Law of Torts
		A single action can be both a tort and a crime.
		Assault and battery are considered one tort is the courts.
		A tort is a crime committed by one person on another and
	glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com /sites/0078618789/student_view0/unit1/chapter4/multiple_choice_quiz.html (242 words)

	Environmental Law - Toxic Torts - Slack & Davis Attorneys
		Practice areas: aviation law; airplane accidents; aviation accidents; helicopter accidents; personal injury law; pharmaceutical law; drug lawsuits; Vioxx lawsuits; product liability lawsuits; auto accidents; truck accidents; medical malpractice; environmental law and toxic torts; negligence cases; business litigation and commercial litigation.
		Michael L. Slack and Mike Davis are certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
		All attorneys are licensed to practice law by the Supreme Court of Texas.
	www.slackdavis.com /environmental.php (551 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Law of Torts: Examples & Explanations, Second Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A lot of the material covered in a first year Torts class is not covered in this book; a few examples are false imprisonment, defamation, and invasion of privacy.
		In addition, this book has MISTAKES in it regarding the law; one example is it does not specify the standard of care owed by a physician in a medical malpractice case correctly.
		I do think it could use a little help on the negligence section, but if your torts professor was as horrible as some of my fellow 1Ls, then I highly recommend you purchase this book as a supplement to quiz yourself and make sure you've got those prima facie cases down pat, inside and out.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0735511918 (558 words)

	Torts : Instruction : IU Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Corbin, 117 Ind. 450, 20 N.E. 132 (1889) ("intent" required for intentional tort) (cited in Garratt v.
		Common Law Writs — Torts in the World of Trespass and Trespass on the Case
		A Classic work on the forms of action at common law is F.W. Maitland, The Forms of Action at Common Law: A Course of Lectures (1909) (Lecture VI discusses trespass and case)
	www.law.indiana.edu /instruction/dongjerd/tortsvault/frolic.shtml (1409 words)

	Amazon.com: Gilbert Law Summaries: Torts: Books: Marc A. Franklin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Gilbert Law Summaries are America’s best selling outlines and have set the standard for excellence since they were introduced more than thirty-five years ago.
		Walk into class prepared with a comprehensive outline of the law, a concise capsule summary perfect for a quick review before class, charts of every kind, a text correlation chart so that you can match your specific reading assignment to the relevant pages in the Gilbert outline, and an index and table of cases.
		The following basic framework should be used to analyze intentional torts, which are among the most basic instances of the imposition of tort liability.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0159007550?v=glance (717 words)

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