Frank Carlson Library

This book provides the essential rules needed to understand the intentional torts generally covered in the first few weeks of law school. Specifically, it covers battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, trespass to chattels, and conversion. Also, this book presents the affirmative defenses that a defendant can raise to these intentional torts.

Diverse societies are now connected by globalization, but how do ordinary people feel about law as they cope day-to-day with a transformed world? Tort, Custom, and Karma examines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected ordinary people's perceptions of law, with a special focus on the narratives of men and women who have suffered serious injuries in the province of Chiangmai, Thailand. This...

Este libro explora el sistema de remedios legales a través de las ideas filosóficas expuestas por Aristóteles y Bentham. El primer capítulo explica los orígenes y los alcances de dos ideas fundamentales pero contrapuestas: la idea de justicia correctiva (Aristóteles) y la idea de justicia funcional (Bentham). El segundo capítulo explica, a la luz de la obra de Calabresi y Melamed, la estructura abstracta del sistema antes indicado. Finalmente,...

Mnemonics for Intentional Torts are ordered to place Intentional Act first as it is common to all Intentional Torts.Defenses to Torts are ordered to match Crimes Defenses where they are the same.Mnemonics for Negligence are ordered by the legal issues that must be discussed to establish a prima facie case.A Mnemonic is a device used to assist in memorizing lists of words. Memorizing the mnemonic assists in memory recall of the words represented. In...

Tort law regulates most human activities: from driving a car to using consumer products to providing or receiving medical care. Injuries caused by dog bites, slips and falls, fender benders, bridge collapses, adverse reactions to a medication, bar fights, oil spills, and more all implicate the law of torts. The rules and procedures by which tort cases are resolved engage deeply-held intuitions about justice, causation, intentionality, and the obligations...

Robert D. Cooter is the Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Solomon's Knot, The Strategic Constitution (both Princeton), and Law and Economics. Ariel Porat is the Alain Poher Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University and the Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. His books include Tort Liability under Uncertainty, Torts, and Contributory Fault in the...

"The legal thriller of the decade." --Cleveland Plain Dealer Now a Major Motion Picture! In this true story of an epic courtroom showdown, two of the nation's largest corporations stand accused of causing the deaths of children. Representing the bereaved parents, the unlikeliest of heroes emerges: a young, flamboyant Porsche-driving lawyer who hopes to win millions of dollars and ends up nearly losing everything, including his sanity. A searing, compelling...

A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. Notting Hill: The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when the most famous star in the world walks into his shop and buys a book. Erin Brockovich: A brash former beauty queen and single mom talks her way into a job at a small L.A. law firm and begins investigating mysterious illnesses. Steel magnolias: This is the story of six women and their friendship, laughter,...