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Whence Cometh Torts?
[Editor's note: This material was written in consultation with 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 22-85 (1768); 1 Frederick Pollock & Frederic Maitland, The History of English Law (2d ed. 1898); Edward Jenks, A Short History of English Law (1912); Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, & David F. Partlett, Prosser, Wade, & Schwartz's Torts: Cases and Materials 1-9 (13th ed. 2015); and Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden, & Ellen M. Bublick, Hornbook on Torts 27-30 (2d ed. 2016).]
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