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Torts

Course Description

Torts is the study of civil wrongs, i.e., liability for harm caused by wrongful acts that violate non-contractual duties imposed by law. The course examines private remedies for civil wrongs. It covers various theories of liability, including negligence, intentional torts, and strict liability, and the policies and principles that underlie those theories. The course also covers third party liability, privileges, and damages. This course, therefore, provides a foundation for other parts of the curriculum, for example, Environmental Law, Law and Medicine, Economic Analysis of Law, and Insurance Law.

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 91899

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 108
  • Tues: 1:05-3:05
    Thurs: 1:05-3:05

    Day

  • Donald Gifford

  • 0 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Shulman, James, Gray, and Gifford, Cases and Materials on the Law of Torts, 6th Edition , West Academic , CasebookPlus Hardbound

    ISBN: 9781634609456

    If you buy the casebook new, purchase the CasebookPlus version as it will automatically provide you access to the online learning assessment questions within the CasebookPlus Learning Library, at no additional charge. You will need access to the CasebookPlus Learning Library, regardless of version purchased.

CRN: 91900

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 108
  • Wed: 2:10-4:10
    Fri: 10:55-12:55

    Day

  • Richard Boldt

  • 0 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Harry Shulman, Fleming James Jr., Oscar S. Gray, Donald G. Gifford, Law of Torts: Cases and Materials, 6th edition , West Academic Publishing , Hardbound 2015

    ISBN: 9781609302672

CRN: 98958

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 108
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Thurs: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Diane Hoffmann

  • 0 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Recommended/Optional: Hasen, Richard L, Glannon Guide to Torts , Aspen , 2009

    ISBN: 978073558488

CRN: 98957

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 302
  • Tues: 1:05-3:05
    Thurs: 1:05-3:05

    Day

  • Christopher Mathis

  • 0 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Dan Dobbs (Author), Paul Hayden (Author), Ellen Bublick (Author), Torts and Compensation Concise Edition Eight Edition , West Academic Publishing , July 17, 2017

    ISBN: 9781634608183

    Students are able to get a hard copy on demand from the publisher itself. Students can also find this text on many third-party websites that sell books.

CRN: 95581

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 302
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Thurs: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Sarah Lorr

  • 0 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly & David F. Partlett, Prosser, Wade and Schwartz’s Torts: Cases and Material 14th Ed , Foundation Press , 2020

    ISBN: 9781684674077

    A Concise Restatement of Torts 3rd ed , American Law Institute , 2013

    ISBN: 9780314616715

CRN: 95582

  • Fall '24
  • 4
  • 302
  • Wed: 2:10-4:10
    Fri: 10:55-12:55

    Day

  • Daniel Rauch

  • 0 openings. (Limit 30). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • James A. Henderson Douglas A. Kysar, The Torts Process 9th Edition or 10th Edition , Aspen , 2017 (9th) 2022 (10th editions)

    ISBN: 9781454875697 (9th) 9781543838954 (10th)

    Page numbers will be given for both the 9th and the 10th editions of this text.