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The Law of Torts, 2d ed. (Print) by
Call Number: Law School KF1250 .D59 2011ISBN: 0314253483Publication Date: 2011Practitioner Treatise Series- ISBN: 0314253483Online edition of The Law of Torts, 2d. edition
Torts, 5th ed. (Print) by
Call Number: Study Guide Collection & General Collection KF1250 .P73 1984ISBN: 0314748806Publication Date: 1984Hornbook Series, Student ed.
Torts Stories (Print) by Call Number: Law School Offsite Storage KF1250 .T66x 2003ISBN: 158778503XPublication Date: 2003
Understanding Torts, 7th ed. (Print) by Call Number: Law School Study Guide Collection & General Collection KF1250 .D5 2023ISBN: 1531009751Publication Date: 2023
Examples and Explanations for the Law of Torts by Call Number: Law School Study Guide Collection KF1250.Z9 G58 2020ISBN: 1543807690Publication Date: 2020
Torts in a Nutshell, 7th ed. (Print) by Edward Kionka by Call Number: Law School Study Guide Collection & General Collection KF1250.Z9 K53 2020ISBN: 9781684673261Publication Date: 2020
Torts in Depth
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Modern Tort Law: Liability and Litigation 2d (Westlaw login) by Publication Date: 2002-
Tort Law Desk Reference: A Fifty-State Companion (Print) by Call Number: Law School KF1250.Z95 T645ISBN: 1454809825Publication Date: Annual
Restatement of the Law, Second, Torts 2d (Print) by Call Number: Law School Reference KF1249.A4 R46xPublication Date: 1957-1977Also available via Westlaw, Lexis & HeinOnline
Restatement of the Law (3d) Torts - Apportionment of Liability by Call Number: Law School Reference KF 1249.A4 R4774x 2000Publication Date: 2000Available in print or via Westlaw, LexisNexis, or HeinOnline
Restatement of the Law (3d) Torts - Products Liability by Call Number: Law School Reference KF1296 .R476x 1998Publication Date: 1998Available in print or via Westlaw, LexisNexis, or HeinOnline
Restatement of the Law (3d) Torts - Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm by Call Number: Law Schoolk Reference KF1286 .R473x 2010Publication Date: 2010Available in print or via Westlaw, LexisNexis, or HeinOnline.
Online Restatements
- Restatement of the Law-Torts (Westlaw login)Includes the first, second and third Restatements
- Restatements/Torts (Lexis login)Includes the first, second and third Restatements
- HeinOnline American Law Institute Library/Restatements/TortsIncludes the first, second and third Restatements
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