Torts

Richard Allen Epstein

Aspen Law & Business, 1999 - Law - 701 pages

When you want to recommend a current and accessible introductory text to use alongside your torts casebook, you now have a new alternative. Richard Epstein, a recognized expert in the field, presents Introduction to Torts to provide an intelligent overview for the first-year law student. His balanced presentation of essential topics makes the book as approachable as it is up-to-date. No other ancillary book provides such a thorough and timely treatment. When you examine this powerful introductory tool, be sure to notice its:

• Comprehensive coverage - Epstein addresses all the topics of the typical first-year Torts course, along with thought-provoking discussions of the underlying theory.
• Clear, concise writing - Open your examination copy to any page, read a sample passage, and you'll see Introduction to Torts is distinctly readable.
• Quality of analysis - Epstein deals with controversial questions in a balanced and understandable style.

Introduction to Torts fits with a wide variety of materials and will give students extra help, expecially in the most difficult aspects of the course. If you want your students to gain a solid command of the fundamental principles of modern Tort Law, recommend the most intellectually rich book with the most complete coverage - Richard Epstein's Introduction to Torts .

About the author

Born in 1943, Richard A. Epstein graduated from Columbia in 1964 with a degree in philosophy. He continued his education at Oxford, earning a B.A. in law in 1966, and from there attended Yale, where he received an LL.B. in 1968. Following graduation Epstein joined the faculty at the University of Southern California, teaching there until 1972. He became a regular member of the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1973, where he was named James Parker Hall Professor in 1982 and Distinguished Service Professor in 1988. Richard Epstein writes extensively concerning the law. His works include Simple Rules for a Complex World (1995), Bargaining with the State (1993) and Forbidden Grounds: The Case Against Employment Discrimination Laws (1992).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Torts; Aspen Treatise Series; Introduction to Law Serise Series
• Author: Richard Allen Epstein
• Publisher: Aspen Law & Business, 1999
• ISBN: 0735500479, 9780735500471
• Length: 701 pages
• Subjects: Law / Jurisprudence; Law / Legal Education; Law / Torts