The Duty to Act: Tort Law, Power, and Public Policy

by Marshall S. Shapo

Book Overview

A woman terrified by the threats of a jilted suitor is denied police protection. A workman collapses on the job and the employer is slow to help him. A bully in a bar begins to carry out threats of serious injury to a customer, after the bartender's lackadaisical response. Springing from varied areas of human activity, such cases occupy an important area of the legal battleground called modern tort law. They also provide the basis for a fascinating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292741685
• ISBN13: 9780292741683
• Release Date: September 1978
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"