Exploring tort law
edited by M. Stuart Madden.
- USA : Cambridge university press, 2005.
- 492 p.
Table of contents: Chapter 1. Tort law through time and culture : themes of economic efficiency Chapter 2. Past as prelude : the legacy of five landmarks of twentieth century injury law for the future of torts Chapter 3. Twenty-first century insurance and loss distribution in tort law Chapter 4. Beyond master-servant : a critique of vicarious liability Chapter 5. The disintegration of duty Chapter 6. Managing the negligence concept : respect for the rule of law Chapter 7. Rebuilding the citadel : privity, causation, and freedom of contract Chapter 8. Controlling the future of the common law by restatement Chapter 9. Information shields in tort law Chapter 10. The complexity of torts : the case of punitive damages Chapter 11. The future of proportional liability : the lessons of toxic substance causation Chapter 12. Causation in products liability and exposure to toxic substances : a European view Chapter 13. Collective rights and collective actions : examples of European and Latin American contributions