Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts, Cases and Materials

by Victor E. Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly, David Partlett

Through its excellence in scholarship, clarity, and ease of use, this casebook engages readers in critical thinking about tort law and its operation in modern social settings. It sets forth crisply-edited classic tort cases, new tort law trends, and nuances in developing case law that impact the law and its application in the real world. Principal cases are not discarded just for the sake of change but because new cases reflect important changes in the law and present current doctrine in insightful and highly effective ways. The casebook goes beyond judicial decisions and includes key tort centered legislation and comparative perspectives where relevant. The casebook encourages the student to understand the English and American common law foundations of Tort law and to debate modern trends within various policy prescriptions. Unbiased in its approach and organized in manageable sections of information, the casebook is a superb tool for productive and stimulating classroom debate.

The authors are an outstanding combination of respected scholars and practitioners. They have worked as a team since the 9th edition, published in 1994. Victor Schwartz was an Advisor on the first three sections of the Restatement (Third): Products Liability, Apportionment of Liability, and Physical and Emotional Harm. David Partlett is presently an Advisor on two new Restatements relating to liability for intentional torts and for defamation and privacy just established.

1466 pages, Hardcover

Published June 15, 2020

Reviews

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

You better believe I’m counting this book

[Jacob Francois · Rating 1 out of 5]

Shit book. Terrible at explaining concepts. There are no elements for anything and it puts cases in one section that would go way better in another section.

[Jourden Unsell]

andy coats i owe you everything and more!

[Morgan Dietz · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book does a horrible job of explaining any principles at all. I have to go digging through pages of footnotes just to find what I’m looking for.

[Kat Ellis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think writers of soap operas can learn a lot from torts cases.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Honestly, for a textbook, this kind of slayed! My only critique is that there was no warning for three consecutive banana peel cases and then two additional slip cases… a little warning would have been nice.

[Emma Wallace · Rating 2 out of 5]

No way I’m not counting this

[Susu Almusawi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The notes section after each case is very educational compared to other books.

[Julia Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolutely enchanting read. Riveting from cover to cover.

[Ava · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. Honestly really entertaining for a textbook. They went a little overboard on the notes and discussion section, but overall well done.