Karlan Torts Materials Fall 2015

  • Pam Karlan (Stanford Law School)

This website contains all of the required reading for the Fall 2015 Torts course, with the exception of Barry Werth's book "Damages," which you should purchase on your own. There will be an additional version of the materials on Stanford's Canvas website shortly.

1. Torts 2015 Opening Day Exercise

Torts 2015 Opening Day Exercise
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Karlan Torts Materials Fall 2015

Pam Karlan

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Table of contents

  1. 1

    Torts 2015 Opening Day Exercise

  2. 2

    An Introduction to Torts

  3. 3

    Duty I: Action vs. Inaction; Malfeasance vs. Nonfeasance

  4. 4

    Duty II: Special Relationships

  5. 5

    Duty III: Government

  6. 6

    Breach of Duty: The Obligation to Act Reasonably

  7. 7

    Negligence Per Se and Res Ipsa Loquitur

  8. 8

    Vicarious Liability

  9. 9

    Causation in Fact

  10. 10

    Proximate Cause (Scope of Responsibility)

  11. 11

    The Plaintiff's Role: Assumption of Risk, Contributory and Comparative Negligence

  12. 12

    Absolute and Strict Liability

  13. 13

    Products Liability

  14. 14

    Damages

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