"McGraw-Hill's Torts for Paralegals explores the wide variety of civil wrongs that can harm an individual and the remedies available to that injured party. Utilizing many practical learning tools, the text is a step-by-step approach in understanding private harms and proving their prima facie elements. The text is written in a very concise and sequential manner, beginning with intentional torts, continuing through the steps of negligence, and finishing with the different liabilities and agency law. The practical assignments allow students to enjoy the study of torts and apply it to their work as practicing paralegals."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Tort Law: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Intentional Torts Against the Person
Chapter 3: Intentional Torts Against Property
Chapter 4: Defenses to Intentional Torts
Chapter 5: Negligence: Duty and Breach of Duty
Chapter 6: Negligence: Proximate Cause
Chapter 7: Negligence: Defenses
Chapter 8: Damages
Chapter 9: Vicarious liability
Chapter 10: Premises Liability and the Doctrine of Nuisance
Chapter 11: Strict Liability
Chapter 12: Product Liability
Chapter 13: Other Torts
Chapter 14: Immunity from Tort Liability
Appendix: United States Constitution and Bill of Rights Glossary
