Principles of Tort Law (Fourth edition)

This edition provides a wealth of new material drawn from summaries of and quotations from scholarly books and articles and case law.

The subjects of this new material are rich in their range of topics. They include:The "precautionary principle"Summaries on tort rationales that range from references to Kantian philosophy and a riff on Harry PotterThe relation of tort law to public lawVaried materials on consentThe duty question, including a summary of a recent Supreme Court case and scholarship in the areaMaterial on privacy ranging from Prosser's classification system to LGBT plaintiffsThe roles of race and gender in calculations of damagesA criticism of "tort reform" effortsCase law on the "baseball rule" with respect to spectator injuries. Matters of topical 'headline" interest include smartphones as distractions and certain aspects of publication of photos on the Internet. Celebrities mentioned in items under different categories are Joan Rivers, Jesse Ventura, and Jim Boeheim.