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from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. from New York University, he clerked for the Hon. Kimba M. Wood in the Southern District of New York and practiced products liability law at Arnold & Porter in New York City. Zipursky is best known as a pioneer of "civil recourse theory" of tort law, which he and Professor Goldberg have established as a leading alternative within tort theory to corrective justice theory and law and economics.
Torts - Paperback
$51.28
by John C. P. Goldberg (Author), Benjamin C. Zipursky (Author)
Torts--personal injury law--is a fundamental yet controversial part of our legal system. The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Torts provides a clear and comprehensive account of what tort law is, how it works, what it stands to accomplish, and why it is now much-disputed. Goldberg and Zipursky--two of the world's most prominent tort scholars--carefully analyze leading judicial decisions and prominent tort-related legislation, and place each event into its proper context. Topics covered include products liability, negligence, medical malpractice, intentional torts, defamation and privacy torts, punitive damages, and tort reform.
Author Biography
John C. P. Goldberg, a professor at Harvard Law School, is a co-author of "Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress" (Aspen Press), a casebook now in its second edition. He has published more than 30 scholarly articles and essays on torts in leading law journals. He also serves on the editorial board of Legal Theory and is co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Tort Law. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, he spent thirteen years as a member of the Vanderbilt University Law School faculty, where he served as Associate Dean for Research. At Vanderbilt, Goldberg received four teaching prizes, each for a different subject: Advanced Torts/Philosophy of Law, Torts, Contracts and Civil Procedure. Active in the American Law Institute's consultative group for the Third Restatement of Torts, he is this year the president of the Torts and Compensation Systems section of the Association of American Law Schools. After receiving an M.Phil. in Politics from Oxford University, and M.A. from Princeton
University and a J.D. from New York University, Goldberg clerked for District Judge Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York and for Supreme Court Justice Byron White. He practiced law in Boston before joining the Vanderbilt faculty.
from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. from New York University, he clerked for the Hon. Kimba M. Wood in the Southern District of New York and practiced products liability law at Arnold & Porter in New York City. Zipursky is best known as a pioneer of "civil recourse theory" of tort law, which he and Professor Goldberg have established as a leading alternative within tort theory to corrective justice theory and law and economics.
Number of Pages: 436
Dimensions: 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: June 03, 2010