TORTS I

Fall 2008

Professor H. Tomás Gómez-Arostegui

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Torts I Syllabus, v. 4.0

Past Torts Exam

Torts Final Exam - Spring 2007

Casebook

D.B. Dobbs and P.T. Hayden, TORTS AND COMPENSATION: PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INJURY (Thomson/West: 5th ed. 2005)

Recommended Reading

These are not required readings, but are useful as alternative sources of information on tort law:

Mini-Hornbooks:

John L. Diamond, Lawrence C. Levine, & M. Stuart Madden, UNDERSTANDING TORTS (LexisNexis: 2d ed. 2000)

Marshall S. Shapo, PRINCIPLES OF TORT LAW (Thomson/West: 2d ed. 2003)

Hornbooks:

W. Page Keeton, Dan B. Dobbs, Robert E. Keeton, & David G. Owen, PROSSER AND KEETON ON TORTS (West Group: 5th ed. 1984)

Dan B. Dobbs, THE LAW OF TORTS (West Group: 2000)

The Restatements:

American Law Institute, THE RESTATEMENT (2d) OF TORTS (1965)

American Law Institute, THE RESTATEMENT (3d) OF TORTS: PHYSICAL HARMS (April 2005 Draft)

Supplemental Reading

Pearson

Kremen

CompuServe

Restatement on False Imprisonment, Conversion, and Trespass to Chattels

Self-Defense Handout

Restatement and Cal Evid Code on Negligence Per Se

Oregon SOL Statutory Excerpt

Class Handouts

Class 1 Handout - PDF
Class 1 Handout - DOC

Class 2 Handout - PDF
Class 2 Handout - DOC

Class 3 Handout #1 - PDF
Class 3 Handout #1 - DOC

Class 3 Handout #2 - PDF
Class 3 Handout #2 - DOC

Class 4 Handout - PDF
Class 4 Handout - DOC

Class 5 Handout #1 - PDF
Class 5 Handout #1 - DOC

Class 5 Handout #2 - PDF
Class 5 Handout #2 - DOC

Class 6 Handout - PDF
Class 6 Handout - DOC

Class 8 Handout #1 - PDF

Class 8 Handout #2 - PDF
Class 8 Handout #2 - DOC

Class 10 Handout - PDF
Class 10 Handout - DOC

Class 10 Handout SPECIAL J-S Liability - PDF
Class 10 Handout SPECIAL J-S Liability - DOC