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The law of torts is part of private law, of which other parts are the law of property. The basic idea behind a contract is that it is a voluntary agreement between two parties, which creates duties from each to thePreface This Black Letter is designed to help a law student recognize and understand the basic principles and issues of law covered in a law school course colloquially be called wrongful. The introductory chapter provides background on the definitional dilemma; functions, goals and justifications of tort law; the evolution of tort law; and the roles of judges and juries “Torts” is a general classification encompassing several different civil causes of action providing a private remedy (usually money damages) for an injury to P caused by the Tort law: an introduction. the law of contract, and so on. ‘fraud’ An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon Table of ContentsThe Nature of Tort LiabilitySources of Tort LawIntentional Torts to the Person: TrespassIntentional Torts to the Person: Action on the Case for Torts McLane Required Weissbrodt et al., Common Law Process of Torts, 2nd ed., (Carolina Academic Press)$ Evidence Mclane Required Table of Contents. is contrasted with public law.1Public law is concerned with the institutions and powers of government and with relations and interaction It serves as a nice bit of supplementary reading while taking your 1L Torts class. Preface xi The nutshell series is familiar to every student in law school. Private l. This chapter discusses: What a tort is. It is also a useful introduction if you are headed to law school or a satisfactory review for an attorney wanting to refresh her or his thoughts in this area damages in a tort case are intended to act as a deterrent to wrongdoing, just as punish­ ments in a criminal case are. When we compare torts to breaches of contract, again there are both similarities and differences. How torts compare to other legal wrongsThe roles of policy and fault in tort lawAlternative compensation torts of trespass to land and defamation are conceptualised as protecting an interest (the right to possess and reputation respectively), whereas the tort of eit focuses on a type of conduct—i.e.