Private Wrongs

Arthur Ripstein

Published by Harvard University Press 2016

Private Wrongs

Arthur Ripstein

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969896

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About this book

Tort law recognizes the many ways one person wrongs another. Arthur Ripstein brings coherence to torts’ diversity in a philosophically grounded, analytically powerful theory. He shows that all torts violate the basic moral idea that each person is in charge of his or her own person and property, and never in charge of another’s person or property.

Author / Editor information

Ripstein Arthur :

Arthur Ripstein is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

Martin J. Stone, Cardozo Law School:
This is a stellar book. Ripstein fully restores what might be called the pre-Holmesian, non-reductive, or classical account of tort law. He compels us to regard this classical view as a serious and morally significant option.

Robert Stevens, University of Oxford:
For those coming to the form of argument presented by Ripstein for the first time, a common reaction may be ‘Can the law possibly be this clear and straightforward to understand?’ To which the only possible response is yes. Yes it is. Anyone wishing to cut through the white noise that has come to surround private law in general, and the law of torts in particular, and hear the truth clearly expressed should read this book.

John Goldberg, Harvard University:
Ripstein is among the world’s leading philosophers. In Private Wrongs he offers a derivation of tort law’s complex body of rules from a foundational moral principle that is at once elegant, original, and ambitious. Scholars working in private law and in legal, moral, and political philosophy will be required to engage with it, and will want to.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Retrieving the Idea of a Private Wrong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. What You Already Have, Part 1 Your Body and Property Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Using What You Have Misfeasance and Nonfeasance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Wrongdoing for Which the Offender Must Pay Negligence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
5. Use What Is Yours in a Way That Does Not Injure Your Neighbor Strict Liability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
6. A Malicious Wrong in Its Strict Legal Sense Motive and Intention in Tort Law Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
7. What You Already Have, Part 2 Your Own Good Name Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
8. Remedies, Part 1 As If It Had Never Happened Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
9. Remedies, Part 2 Before a Court Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
10. Conclusion Horizontal and Vertical Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 328

eBook

Published: April 5, 2016
ISBN: 9780674969896