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In Defense of Tort Law by Thomas Koenig; Michael Rustad is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Tort law is a good thing (whatever it is....). Late night comedians and journalists eagerly seized upon the case of an elderly woman who sued McDonald’s when she spilled hot coffee in her lap as a prime example of frivolous litigation. But as Rustad and Koenig argue, cases such as these are an incomplete and misleading characterization of tort law. Corporations have successfully waged a public relations battle to create the impression that most lawsuits are spurious, when in fact the opposite is true: tort law plays a crucial role in protecting consumers from dangerous and sometimes life-threatening hazards. Without legal remedies, corporations would suffer no penalty for choosing profits over public health and safely. **In Defense of Tort Law** is the first book to systematically examine the social, legal and policy dimensions of the tort reform debate. This insightful analysis of solid empirical data looks beyond popular myths about frivolous lawsuits, and tackles a variety of contentious issues: Should punitive damages be capped? Who is favored by tort law? Who loses, and why? Koenig and Rustad’s detailed case study analysis also reveals disturbing gender inequities in a legal s

Who reads In Defense of Tort Law?

Author

Thomas Koenig; Michael Rustad

Publisher

New York University Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814749258

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law