Torts: Cases & Contect, Volume One
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TC&C combines traditional casebook readings with straightforward, textbook-like explanations. The idea is that when students stop to puzzle over something, it should be because the law itself puzzles, not because the book obfuscates.
Students describe the book as easy to read. By being clear and straightforward, the casebook aims to quickly get students to the point where they can navigate regions of gray and build nuanced arguments.
Doctrine is explained upfront, before the cases. After cases, there's no notes-and-questions mishmash. Check-your-understanding questions, questions to ponder, historical notes, etc., are all organized under separate headings.
Readings mix classic cases with very recent ones, such as texting-and-driving and suddenly accelerating Toyotas. Varied primary sources include an opening statement, a closing argument, and an Navajo opinion on tribal law.
A key aim is context—showing how bits of doctrine fit into the bigger picture of tort law and how it all connects to the real world.
Publication Date
2019
Volume
1
Edition
Version 2.1 (revised July 31, 2024)
Keywords
torts, casebook
Disciplines
Torts
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Torts: Cases & Context is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC-BY-SA 4.0).
This makes the book open source in addition to being free to access. Consistent with the terms of the Creative Commons license that this book is published under, generations of instructors and students will be able to rip and remix this book to suit their needs. This is because the license lets you change up and redistribute the book so long as you share it forward—that is, so long as you make it available to others under the same license.
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Recommended Citation
Johnson, Eric E., "Torts: Cases & Contect, Volume One" (2019). Faculty Books and Book Chapters. 38.
https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/fac_books/38