Cases and Materials on Torts (Casebook Series)

Characteristics that have helped to make Cases and Materials on Torts a leader in the field include:

• Outstanding authorship: Richard A. Epstein is a well-known and highly respected expert in the field, and his presentation of the material with a definite economics-based point of view engages students and fuels class discussion
• Traditional approach: Cases are integrated with modern scholarship on moral theory, law and economics, and salient policy questions
• Thoughtful presentation: Professor Epstein examines the processes of legal method, legal reasoning, and the impact of legal rules on social institutions and exposes students to different intellectual approaches that have been employed to interpret tort law over the years
• Historical background: Discussion of the historical backdrop provides students with an accurate sense of Tort Law and its development up to the present