Course Description
Covers intentional torts, which may include battery, assault, and possibly false imprisonment, trespass to land, and others. Certain defenses to intentional tort, such as consent and self defense, may also be covered. The bulk of the course is devoted to the tort of negligence, including the content of the duty of reasonable care, issues bearing on whether the defendant has breached that duty, the requirement that the plaintiff establish a causal connection between the breach and the plaintiff's harm, and proximate cause limits on liability.
Athena Title
Torts
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
After taking this course, students are expected to know the elements of a negligence case and of some intentional tort cases. They are expected to understand the policy foundations of tort law, including the choices that courts must make among competing policies. They are also expected to understand how judges reason from common law principles in order to justify their holdings in tort cases.
Topical Outline
1. Tort of negligence 2. Defenses against negligence liability 3. Size and components of damages 4. Intentional torts: battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass 5. Consent torts 6. Self defense torts
Syllabus
Public CV