Description

Book Synopsis
Shapo cuts through the emotion and the complexity to present a view of litigated tort law problems that is both legally sound and intuitively appealing.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One
    • Private Duties to Act: Legal Affirmation of the Obligations of Personal Power
    • Introduction
    • I. Primarily Economic Relationships That Give Rise to Duties
      • Businesses, Professions, and Activities
      • Methods of Creating Relationships
    • II. Relationships More Closely Personal
    • III. Protection against Third Parties
      • A Spectrum of Customers and Employees
      • The Case of Violence in the Tavern
      • Private Duties and Public Control
      • The Professional Bystander
    • IV. Plaintiff’s Own Conduct a Hazard
    • V. A Thesis on the “Unrelated” Bystander: The Law as a Manifestation That “It Tolls for Thee”
    • Summary
  • Part Two
    • Public Duties to Act: Vindicating Personal Interests against Invasion and Neglect by Commonwealth Power
    • Introduction
    • VI. Highway Safety as a Paradigm of Liability for Planning and Maneuvering
      • Traffic Control: Duties to the Public and the Dependence of Individuals
      • Highway Design: Choice, Knowledge, and Fairness
    • VII. Security
      • Firefighting
      • Inspection
      • Rescue
      • Police Functions
    • VIII. Welfare
      • Medical Care
      • Municipal Services
      • Educational Standards
      • Linking Public and Private Obligation: Police Duty and Individual Welfare
    • Summary
  • Notes
  • Index

The Duty to Act

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/1978
      ISBN13: 9780292741683, 978-0292741683
      ISBN10: 0292741685
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Shapo cuts through the emotion and the complexity to present a view of litigated tort law problems that is both legally sound and intuitively appealing.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Part One
        • Private Duties to Act: Legal Affirmation of the Obligations of Personal Power
        • Introduction
        • I. Primarily Economic Relationships That Give Rise to Duties
          • Businesses, Professions, and Activities
          • Methods of Creating Relationships
        • II. Relationships More Closely Personal
        • III. Protection against Third Parties
          • A Spectrum of Customers and Employees
          • The Case of Violence in the Tavern
          • Private Duties and Public Control
          • The Professional Bystander
        • IV. Plaintiff’s Own Conduct a Hazard
        • V. A Thesis on the “Unrelated” Bystander: The Law as a Manifestation That “It Tolls for Thee”
        • Summary
      • Part Two
        • Public Duties to Act: Vindicating Personal Interests against Invasion and Neglect by Commonwealth Power
        • Introduction
        • VI. Highway Safety as a Paradigm of Liability for Planning and Maneuvering
          • Traffic Control: Duties to the Public and the Dependence of Individuals
          • Highway Design: Choice, Knowledge, and Fairness
        • VII. Security
          • Firefighting
          • Inspection
          • Rescue
          • Police Functions
        • VIII. Welfare
          • Medical Care
          • Municipal Services
          • Educational Standards
          • Linking Public and Private Obligation: Police Duty and Individual Welfare
        • Summary
      • Notes
      • Index

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