Torts: Cases and Questions [Connected eBook with Study Center]

by Ward Farnsworth, Mark F Grady

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Genres: Law, School, Nonfiction

592 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2004

About the author

Ward Farnsworth is Dean and John Jeffers Research Chair at the University of Texas School of Law. He formerly was Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the Boston University Law School. He has served as a law clerk to Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court and to Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and worked as a Legal Adviser to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in the Hague. He received his J.D. with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School, and his B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Farnsworth is the author of books on law, philosophy, rhetoric, and chess. He also has published scholarly articles on the economic analysis of law, constitutional law, statutory interpretation, jurisprudence, and cognitive psychology. He serves as Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm.

Reviews

[Anaïs Roatta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my preferred genre but surprisingly well written. Great for fans of dark comedy. Only 529 pages too so a light read really.

[Linden Cundiff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Skimmed a few pages tbh. Definitely a slower read but surprise romantic declaration near the end. Anxiously waiting for the sequel!

Update Jaime reminded me about the “what result” so it’s down to 4 stars

[Manning Tait · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well that was weird

[Erin Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Captivating stuff, don’t wanna spoil anything tho

[Jack Hofmann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining. Good cases. “Codfish” >>>

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only assigned textbook in 3 years of law school that was concise, mostly clear, and not completely bloated with BS.

The funny case titles are a nice way to get 4-8 molecules of dopamine in 1L when you're otherwise reading at 2:00AM and crying.

So 5/5 for not making you daydream about self-harm and getting run over by a university owned bus which is much more than I can say about any of the other books I had assigned in law school.

[Shabbir Hamid · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great law textbook. It's unconventional in how short the case excerpts are. However, for the 1L navigating so much new information, this textbook's uniquely succinct way of using cases is extremely helpful. Formatting could be better though.

[booksandbark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I rarely rate textbooks, but this was the clearest, most straightforward, best casebook I've had in law school so far

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

cow falling through the ceiling case is the best one in here, 10/10

[Emily Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

required reading but very interesting. My fav was the flaming rat case I think

[Shreya · Rating 4 out of 5]

great summaries

[Alyssa Twedt-Gehlen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book that spawned a million hypos

[Kiley Cosby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exhilarating.

[Keighly Butler · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was tea

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved the formatting and drama in the cases — was surprisingly never bored (prob won't read again though)

[Quinn Fleming · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny ass textbook

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

yes, this also counts.

made me into a torts monster

[Arianna Laufer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite case book. Insane. Hilarious. Excited to reread this spring.

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic casebook. It’s distinctive for its succinct editing. Each topic features 10-15 cases which have been edited down to a few paragraphs. The editors often ask students to figure out the distinguishing factors rather than spoon feeding them the material. The cases selected were often funny memorable and made reading for torts relatively fun.

[Esther · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this casebook. :)

[N. · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite casebook. So succinct!

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually pretty helpful for my tort law class.