Products Liability in a Nutshell / Edition 8

by David G. Owen

Overview

This book provides an overview of products liability law, organizing and explaining the essential history, developments, policies, and tensions of this field of law succinctly yet comprehensively. An abridgment of Professor Owen’s acclaimed hornbook treatise, this short work examines classic and recent case and other developments in products liability law, including theories of liability; definitions and proof of product defects; standards for expert testimony; the assault on strict liability by the state-of-the-art doctrine; federal preemption and other defenses; and the Restatement of the Law of Torts, Third: Products Liability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780314170866
Publisher:	West Academic
Publication date:	10/06/2008
Series:	Nutshell
Edition description:	8th Edition
Pages:	595
Product dimensions:	4.80(w) x 7.30(h) x 0.90(d)