McGraw-Hill's Torts for Paralegals

1st Edition

By Higher Education McGraw-Hill , Curriculum Technology

Publication Date: Jan 30, 2008

ISBN:0073376930 / 9780073376936

Language: English

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Imprint: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education Dimensions: 10.9 X 8.5 Inches (US)

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Torts for Paralegals explores the wide variety of civil wrongs that can harm an individual and the remedies available to that injured party. Utilizing many practical learning tools, the text is a step-by-step approach in understanding private harms and proving their prima facie elements. The text is written in a very concise and sequential manner, beginning with intentional torts, continuing through the steps of negligence, and finishing with the different liabilities and agency law. The many practical assignments allow students to enjoy the study of torts and apply it to their work as practicing paralegals.

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McGraw-Hill's Torts for Paralegals

Chapter 1: Tort Law: An Introduction

Chapter 2: Intentional Torts Against the Person

Chapter 3: Intentional Torts Against Property

Chapter 4: Defenses to Intentional Torts

Chapter 5: Negligence: Duty and Breach of Duty

Chapter 6: Negligence: Proximate Cause

Chapter 7: Negligence: Defenses

Chapter 8: Damages

Chapter 9: Vicarious liability

Chapter 10: Premises Liability and the Doctrine of Nuisance

Chapter 11: Strict Liability

Chapter 12: Product Liability

Chapter 13: Other Torts

Chapter 14: Immunity from Tort Liability

Appendix: United States Constitution and Bill of Rights

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