| Description |
1 online resource (380 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Civil recourse -- Civil wrongs and civil rights -- Against the grain -- Rules, duties, rights, and rights of action -- The principle of civil recourse : a defense -- Damages as redress -- II. The wrongs of tort law -- Moral luck, strict liability, and victim standing : three features of tortious wrongdoing -- Dual instrumentalism -- Dual constructivism -- III. Wrongs and recourse in context -- Civil recourse in the modern world -- Applications : the duty of care, design defects, and internet libel -- Conclusion: Recognizing wrongs. |
| Summary |
Much bemoaned and widely misunderstood, tort law provides an essential vehicle for injured parties to seek redress from wrongdoers and hold them accountable. John Goldberg and Benjamin Zipursky defend tort law against its critics and lay out comprehensively their increasingly influential "civil recourse" conception of tort. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Torts -- United States -- Philosophy.
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Torts. |
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United States. |
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Philosophy. |
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LAW -- Torts. |
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Torts -- Philosophy. |
| Added Author |
Zipursky, Benjamin C., 1960- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goldberg, John C. P., 1961- Recognizing wrongs. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2020 9780674241701 (DLC) 2019029432 (OCoLC)1111640052 |
| ISBN |
9780674246546 (electronic book) |
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0674246543 (electronic book) |
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9780674241701 (hardcover) |
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