Products Liability


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Products Liability, New Frontiers


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Products Liability Law


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This hornbook delves into the expanding field of products liability law. It focuses on the major issues of products liability law, addressing them in a clear, comprehensive manner. The book starts out with introductory discussions on the nature and history of the law in the United States and abroad. It proceeds with detailed inquiries into the theories of liability, product defectiveness, causation and defenses. The book ends with a focus on selected issues, including punitive damages.







Products Liability


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Henderson, and Twerski draw on their unique position as Reporters For The new Restatement of Products Liability, Third, To create an extremely effective coursebook. PRODUCTS LIABILITY: Problems and Process, Third Edition, blends theory and litigation to reflect the current status and future directions of products liability. Appropriate for a two- or three-credit course, this revision offers problems of exceptional quality. The new Restatement is expertly woven into the Third Edition, along with coverage of such important current issues as: failure-to-warn allocation of liability within the commercial chain of distribution corporate law's limits on liability federalism design In addition, users will find new cases and problems throughout the book. PRODUCTS LIABILITY: Problems and Process, Third Edition, Is easily adapted to your specific course needs. Optional problems let you decide which areas to emphasize. Henderson and Twerski know what works in the classroom, and they've spared no effort to reflect that knowledge in their outstanding revision. Be sure to adopt their new edition.




Reforming Products Liability


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Drawing on liability insurance trends and litigation patterns, Viscusi shows that the products liability crisis is has been developing for decades. He argues that the principal causes have been the expansion of the doctrine of design defect, the emergence of mass toxic torts, and an increase in lawsuits involving hazard warnings.




New Frontiers


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An interdisciplinary, edited collection on social science methodologies for approaching Roman legal sources. Roman law as a field of study is rapidly evolving to reflect new perspectives and approaches in research. Scholars who work on the subject are i




The Development of Product Liability


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This examination of western-European legal systems demonstrates how tort law has adapted to meet new market conditions.