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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: 92610

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues, Fri: 10:55-12:55

    Day

  • Richard Boldt

  • 33 openings. (Limit 33). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Harry Shulman, Fleming James, Jr., Oscar S. Gray, Donald G. Gifford, Law of Torts: Cases And Materials (6th edition) , Foundation Press 2015

    ISBN: 978-1-60930-267-2

CRN: 90463

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues: 1:05-3:05
    Thurs: 9:50-11:50

    Day

  • Donald Gifford

  • 33 openings. (Limit 33). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Shulman, James, Gray and Gifford, Law of Torts: Cases and Materials, 6th edition , West Academic (Foundation Press) , Hard copy, 2015

    ISBN: 978-1-60930-267-2

CRN: 92609

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Mon: 1:05-3:05
    Thurs: 3:15-5:15

    Day

  • Daniel Rauch

  • 33 openings. (Limit 33). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Henderson, Kysar, & Pearson , The Torts Process (9th ed. 2017)

    ISBN: 9781454875697

    Note this is an older, hence more affordable, edition. It’s readily available, new or used, at Amazon.com or other retailers.

CRN: 91586

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues, Thurs: 10:55-12:55

    Day

  • Sarah Lorr

  • 33 openings. (Limit 33). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Victor E. Schwartz | David F. Partlett | W. Jonathan Cardi | Alexandra Lahav, Prosser, Wade, and Schwartz's Torts, Cases and Materials 15th Edition , UCB Series - West Academic Publishing , Hardbound - 2024

    ISBN: 9798887865522

    I will be teaching from the hardbound book. Students may use any version of the book that they prefer. The exam will be closed book.

    American Law Institute, A Concise Restatement of Torts, 3rd Edition , American Law Institute/LexisNexis , 2013

    ISBN: 9780314616715

    There will be several required readings from this book.

CRN: 90464

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Tues, Thurs: 8:45-10:45

    Day

  • Christopher Mathis

  • 78 openings. (Limit 78). LD1 only

  • 535a

  • Dan B. Dobbs | Paul T. Hayden | Ellen M. Bublick, Torts and Compensation: Personal Accountability and Social Responsibility for Injury , West Academic , Print - Hardbound

    ISBN: 9781684675913

CRN: 93348

  • Fall '26
  • 4
  • Mon: 6:30-9:35
    Thurs: 6:30-7:25

    Evening

  • Diane Hoffmann

  • 21 openings. (Limit 40). 1E/2E only

  • 535e

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class