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This history of tort law in America looks at how the subject has been conceptualized, pointing out why changes in rules occurred, and who did the changing. White approaches his subject from four perspectives: intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge, the phenomoenon of... read more
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- William Prosser: Add a description of this character.
- Traynor
- Cardozo
- Holmes
- Leon Green
- Langdell
- Keeton
- Francis Bohlen
- Epstein
- Davies
- Calabresi
- Posner
- Mrs. Palsgraf
- Fleming James
- Lumley
- Henderson
- Macpherson
- Andrews
- Jeremiah Smith
- Glanzer
- Seely
- Fletcher
- Schofield
- Hynes
- Richardson
- Bullock
- Charles Gregory
- Thompson
- Joseph Beale
- Mann
- Greenman
- Baugh
- Warren Seavey
- Mrs. Stanley
- Vandermark
- Shulman
- Dobbs
- James Barr Ames
- Carver
- Hilliard
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First Sentence edit
The emergence of Torts as an independent branch of law came strikingly late in American legal history.
Authors & Contributors edit
- G. Edward White (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0195025865
Page Count: 300
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1980
ISBN: 0195025865
Page Count: 300
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- Dewey: 346.730309
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