The following are databases in our collection that contain eBooks.
Common Law and Civil Law Perspectives on Tort Law by
The book provides scholars, lawyers and law students with a comparative overview of the law of civil liability for injuries arising outside of contract in five major legal systems in the common law and civil law traditions: England, the United States, France, Germany and Italy.
Tort Law by
An introduction to tort law for lawyers, law students, and others. Reflecting the way tort law is taught today, it explains the cases and legal doctrines commonly found in casebooks using modern ideas about public policy, economics, and philosophy.
Torts: Cases, Principles, and Institutions by
This open educational resource is a casebook for a one-semester torts course that carves out a distinctive niche in the field by focusing on the institutions and sociology of American tort law.
Torts and Other Wrongs by
Torts and other Wrongs is a collection of eleven of the author's essays on the theory of the law of torts and its place in the law more generally.
American Jurisprudence, 2d
This encyclopedic text covers procedural and substantive American law, state, federal, criminal, civil and procedural. Consisting of over 430 topic headings (titles), the encyclopedia entries collect, examine, and summarize the broad principles of American law and provide direct leads to supporting cases, related annotations, forms, proofs, and trial techniques.
Gale Encyclopedia of American Law, 4th ed. by
Explains legal terms and concepts in everyday language. Covers a wide variety of topics including specific legislation, persons, entities, movements, and events that have shaped the U.S. legal system and influenced public perception of American law.
The following print book is available in the EGCC Library's on-campus library collections. If you are an off-campus student, we recommend checking with your local public law library for more print books related to Tort Law.
Understanding Torts by
This Understanding treatise is the perfect complement to first-year tort courses and is suitable for use with any tort casebook. Concise and authoritative, Understanding Torts features: Comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of intentional torts, privileges, negligence, cause-in-fact, proximate cause, defenses, joint and several liability, damages, strict liability, products liability, economic torts, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, defamation and invasion of privacy. Judicious use of footnotes to provide full, but not overwhelming, primary and secondary support for textual propositions. Clear organization and writing to enhance understanding of basic concepts and major cases covered in a torts course. In-depth analysis of topics that generate the greatest confusion and controversy. Professors and adjunct professors may request complimentary examination copies of LexisNexis law school publications to consider for class adoption or recommendation. Please identify the book(s) you wish to receive, provide your institutional contact information, and submit your request here.