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• Title:Torts in a nutshell / by Edward J. Kionka.
  
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• Variant Title:Torts
  
• Author/Creator:Kionka, Edward J., 1939-
  
• Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West, ©2010.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KF1250.Z9 K53 2010 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Torts--United States.
  
• Genre/Form:Study guides.
  
• Edition:5th ed.
  
• Description:xxiv, 563 pages ; 19 cm.
  
• Series:Nutshell series.
  
• Summary:From the Publisher: This book is intended for anyone seeking a concise exposition or review of the basic principles of tort law. Its principal audience is the first year law student struggling to get a glimpse of the elusive "big picture."
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9780314195005 (pbk.)
  0314195009
  
• Contents:Prologue: origins, objectives, and overviews of tort liability
  Cause in fact
  Strict liability
  Liability for negligent conduct
  Defenses to negligence liability
  Liability for intentional misconduct
  Defenses to liability for intentional misconduct
  Special liability rules for particular activities and parties
  Damages for physical harm
  Tort and contract
  Immunities
  Survival and wrongful death
  Defamation
  Privacy
  Misrepresentation and non-disclosure.