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The Law Of Torts: Examples And Explanations (Examples & Explanations) | 
| Author: Joseph W. Glannon
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $42.95
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 1935
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 642
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 6.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0735540241
Dewey Decimal Number: 346..7303
EAN: 9780735540248
Publication Date: January 19, 2005
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Product Description
A favorite among law students and professors alike, the Examples & Explanations series is ideal for studying, reviewing and testing your understanding through application of hypothetical examples. Authored by leading professors with extensive classroom experience, Examples & Explanations titles offer hypothetical questions in the subject area, complemented by detailed explanations that allow you to test your knowledge of the topic, and compare your own analysis.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...
 Initially Puzzled But Ultimately Pleased November 18, 2003
20 out of 49 found this review helpful
I was expecting a book about small pastries (I LOVE pastries!), with perhaps lots of lush, full-color photos of tasty raspberry-jam-filled confections (I LOVE raspberry jam!). But, to my initial disappointment, I instead found a book explaining some kind of legal rigmarole about suing people for damaging persons or property. Despite its dry, abstract subject matter, this book actually turned out to be an extremely gripping read. (I devoured it all in one sitting, staying up all night because I just had to know how it ended.) Even if you're only interested in opening your own little patisserie and spreading joy to people through your talent with filo dough, I highly recommend this book anyway: After all, you never know when a customer might slip and fall in your shop.
 Too basic to be helpful August 9, 2000
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
This book is too basic and only covers a small part of the first-year Torts course. Don't rely on this to help much for the exam! I would recommend finding something with more detail on Negligence and Products Liability.
BE CAREFUL WHICH EDITION YOU BUY! April 23, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
The book is great as it is, no doubt, but the older editions do not have Products Liability in them, which is VITAL to your studies. Make sure you get the latest edition, which has two chapters on PL.
Aside from that one missing element in the older edition, the rest of the book is excellent.
 AVOID THIS TREATISE February 10, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I strongly recommend against buying this book. A lot of the material covered in a first year Torts class is not covered in this book; a few examples are false imprisonment, defamation, and invasion of privacy. In addition, this book has MISTAKES in it regarding the law; one example is it does not specify the standard of care owed by a physician in a medical malpractice case correctly. Of course it does not even have a separate section dealing with duty owed by professionals...Instead of this book, I would strongly recommend Understanding Torts by Diamond (Lexis) or the Law of Torts by Dobbs (West).
 Excellent...for what it covers December 10, 2004
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
As many of the previous reviewers note, this text is not as good as Glannon's E&E Civ Pro text. While this is true, it is a little misleading to just leave it at that.
The text is excellent, for the tort law that Glannon chooses to cover. The book is mainly about negligence, and Glannon does a fine job covering such a broad topic. The only problem is that, under the intentional torts, Glannon only covers assault, battery. As for defenses to intentional torts: self-defense, and consent. That is way this one is not as good as the others. The title of the book should read: "The Selected Law of Torts."
So don't be misled. This is not your end-all be-all of torts supplements. But, if your having problems with negligence, or causation, this is a fantastic reference. The examples do a great job of slowly working you though those ever so important distinctions. If the title of the book let the reader know that this book is mainly about negligence, then I would have given it 5 stars for sure. Hope this helps.
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