Products Liability Law

by Mark Geistfeld

Overview

Mark Geistfeld, the author of the leading textbook on products liability, an important text on tort law and dozens of scholarly articles, has class-tested the material in Products Liability Law for more than five years at NYU. He has made the study of products liability an advanced torts class that cements knowledge of fundamental tort principles while developing both specialized expertise and a deeper understanding of the torts process. Illuminating textual discussion follows a wide range of riveting cases. Unlike many casebooks that simply pose the question, Products Liability Law provides the analyses needed to address each challenging problem. Unifying the two competing conceptions of products liability, students become familiar with both approaches and develop a balanced perspective.

Features:

Stellar authorship: Mark Geistfeld

leading textbook on products liability

important tort law textbook

dozens of scholarly articles.

Classroom-tested for five years

Makes the study of products liability an advanced tortsclass

cements knowledge of fundamental tort principles

develops both specialized expertise and a deeper understanding of the torts process

Wide range of interesting cases followed by extended textual discussion

Provides analysis needed to address challenging questions, missing from most casebooks

Unifies the two competing conceptions of products liability

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781454806226
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date:	04/05/2012
Series:	Aspen Casebook Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	672
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 10.20(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Summary of Contents

Chapter 1. The Big Picture

Chapter 2. Doctrinal Foundations

Chapter 3. The Substantive Rationale for Strict Products Liability

Chapter 4. Construction or Manufacturing Defects

Chapter 5. Design Defects

Chapter 6. Warning Defects

Chapter 7. The Relation Between Warnings and Product Design

Chapter 8. Medical Products and “Unavoidably Unsafe” Products

Chapter 9. Statutes, Regulations, and the Issue of Defect

Chapter 10. Factual Causation

Chapter 11. Scope of Liability: Proximate Cause

Chapter 12. Scope of Liability: Type of Harm and Damages

Chapter 13. Defenses Based on Consumer Conduct

Chapter 14. Scope of Liability: Nature of the Transaction

Chapter 15. Bystander Liability

Chapter 16. Comparative Products Liability