Torts, A Contemporary Approach (Interactive Casebook Series)

Duncan, Meredith; Turner, Ronald; Bahadur, Rory

ISBN 10: 1636591132 / ISBN 13: 9781636591131

Published by West Academic Publishing, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Torts, A Contemporary Approach (Interactive Casebook Series)
• Publisher: West Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1636591132
• ISBN 13: 9781636591131
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 70 ounces

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Synopsis

This casebook is organized to facilitate the study of law in the first year of law school with a focus on the study of tort law in particular. This casebook is unique, as its authors are both award-winning law teachers whose methods and strategies have been studied and featured in the Harvard University Press book, What the Best Law Teachers Do. As people of color, first-generation lawyers, and experienced law teachers, both authors have invested significant time throughout their careers exploring and developing effective teaching tactics and techniques to maximize the learning of all students in their classrooms. As a result, they have designed this casebook with both students and instructors in mind.

This 4th edition has at least two major structural changes from previous editions. The first is that the 4th edition employs the directed reading approach, designed to make learning more efficient and mitigate the effect of privilege in law school learning. See Kris Franklin and Rory Bahadur, Directed Questions: A Non-Socratic Dialogue about Non-Socratic Teaching, 99 U. DET. MERCY L. REV. 1 (2021). In utilizing this method, the authors have included questions before every principal case desi(more...)