Description

Basic Tort Law: Cases, Statutes, and Problems, Sixth Edition provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the foundational principles of tort law, including intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability. With in-depth coverage of key concepts such as duty, breach, causation, and compensation, the casebook is well-suited for both one- and two-semester courses.

The book’s flexible structure allows instructors to tailor their course coverage: Chapter 2 begins with intentional torts, while Chapter 3 introduces negligence. Chapters 9 through 16 present a range of advanced topics—such as products liability, nuisance, and economic loss—that instructors can adapt to suit course objectives and pedagogical preferences.

New to the Sixth Edition:

• Updated throughout with new cases, notes, and problems.
• New content on strict products liability for online marketplaces like Amazon.
• Expanded treatment of nuisance versus trespass liability.
• A modern case illustrating but-for causation.
• Two updated cases addressing market share liability.
• A problem and two new cases reflecting the Restatement (Third) approach to duty.
• A timely case on the economic loss doctrine.

Features that support student learning and effective teaching:

• Moderately edited cases that highlight judicial reasoning and policy analysis.
• Integrated statutes that help students become comfortable reading and applying legislative materials.
• Concise introductory text and streamlined notes that clarify the legal principles without overwhelming the reader.
• Numerous essay-style problems that reinforce doctrinal learning and simulate real-world legal practice.
• At least one practice-oriented problem per topic, often drawn from actual cases, complete with citations.

Basic Tort Law 6th edition ISBN 9781543838749 & 978-1543838749

Basic Tort Law remains an ideal choice for first-year students and professors seeking a clear, well-organized, and practical casebook for mastering torts.

Professors and students will benefit from:
These general features help first-year teachers and students achieve their goals: Cases are edited to moderate length, so professors can help students analyze judicial reasoning and treatment of policy implications. Many statutes are included to allow students to learn to read statutes and to see how important statutes are in tort issues.

Students find the book easy to learn from, because each case has clear introductory text and is followed by clear, and not too numerous, notes.
There are many problems, mostly in essay format, to test student understanding of every topic in the book. For each topic, there is at least one practice-oriented problem designed to illustrate the variety of contexts in which lawyers confront doctrinal issues. Problems are usually drawn from reported decisions and include citations to those decisions.

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