Private Wrongs

by Arthur Ripstein

A waiter spills hot coffee on a customer. A person walks on another person's land. A moored boat damages a dock during a storm. A frustrated neighbor bangs on the wall. A reputation is ruined by a mistaken news report. Although the details vary, the law recognizes all of these as torts, different ways in which one person wrongs another. Tort law can seem puzzling: sometimes people are made to pay damages when they are barely or not at fault, while...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674659805
• ISBN13: 9780674659803
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"