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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Tort Law: Challenging Orthodoxy by Edited by Stephen G.A. Pitel Edited by Jason W. Neyers Edited by Erika Chamberlain
In this book leading scholars from the United Kingdom the United States and Australia challenge established common law rules and suggest new approaches to both old and emerging problems in tort law. Some of the articles consider broad issues such as the importance of flexibility over certainty in tort law connections between tort law and human flourishing and the indirect effects of changes in tort law. Other articles engage more specific topics including the role of vindication in tort law the relationship between criminal law and tort law the use of epidemiological evidence in analyzing causation accessory liability in tort law the role of malice in intentional torts and the role of statutes in tort law. They propose new approaches to contributory negligence emotional distress loss of a chance damages for nuisance the tort of conspiracy and vicarious liability.The articles in this book will be highly useful to lawyers judges and scholars across the common law world.