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Latest 6 Reviews Here is what people are saying about the Prosser and Keeton on the Law of Torts (Hornbook Series Student Edition)
"Great, professional service Latte Books"
2009-09-02
- Reviewed By User: AWNUD4H362GYS
Latte Books was professional and courteous when I purchased an affordable law school textbook from the store. The book arrived quickly and in great condition. Even when I admitted to mistakenly purchasing the wrong book, the company quickly gave me a full refund. Latte Books was quick to respond to all of my questions and was pleasant and accommodating in all correspondence.
Kyle Teal
"Clássico da responsabilidade civil norte-americano"
2009-08-31
- Reviewed By User: A2LCCPHW7EW3ZY
This book is a classic on torts in USA. The positive side is that the book is complete, with a wide range of themes about torts. The negative side is that its last actualization was on 1984.
"Great Book"
2009-02-25
- Reviewed By User: A3AF72GP4GVRY1
Everything you would expect form Prosser on Torts. It's a great supplement to any Torts class.
"Oldie but Goodie"
2008-12-31
- Reviewed By User: A1DAH1Q9PKGMIF
One cannot go through a study of torts without encountering Prosser & Keeton either directly (getting your hands on your very own copy) or indirectly (reading millions of citations in cases, textbooks, etc.). Granted there are newer torts hornbooks, such as Dobbs on Torts (which is also very good), but Prosser & Keeton give you a very comprehensive overview of the subject, which is very helpful if you don't know much about the subject and want a big-picture background. Afterward, you would invariably have to search deeper for jurisdiction-specific law, but Prosser is a good starting point for any tort issue.
"Comprehensive"
2008-08-04
- Reviewed By User: A16KR7P9YASY5X
P&K is a classic as far as hornbooks go, and very useful as a study aid for a 1L torts class in my opinion. Though significantly longer and written in more cryptic language than a typical study aid (like "Emmanuel's" or "Explanations & Examples") P&K contains far more information. There is a reason why even the casebooks cite P&K when trying to illustrate difficult to comprehend points. As many have pointed out it still in the 5th edition and hasn't been updated since 1984, and as a result has fallen a little bit behind the times (esp. on products liability) but overall it is still very relevant. I haven't taken the time to read Dobbs' newer treatise on torts so I'll withhold judgment over which is better. It is kind of pricey and long but if you have the time and money to devote to this book, it will teach you tons! I also highly recommend "A Concise Restatement of Torts" by the A.L.I. to help out with all the restatements
"Hornbooks" are summaries of a body of law used by angst-ridden law students to amplify and clarify the often arcane materials contained in Casebooks. The law of torts is one of the primary building blocks of a first year legal education, along with Property and Contracts. Almost every 1L has a small library of these dark green encyclopedic volumes that weigh in by the kilogram.
PROSSER AND KEETON ON TORTS is one of the few Hornbooks (along with CALAMARI AND PERILLO ON CONTRACTS) that is considered an acceptable, though not authoritative, treatise for purposes of legal citation. Of course, cases themselves trump any other source material.
Having practiced law for fifteen years I was surprised to note that PROSSER AND KEETON ON TORTS is still in its Fifth Edition (updated with Pocket Parts, no doubt) just as it was when I first cracked the spine of my copy.
So many years after the intellectual concentration camp that is First Year Law School, I find that perusing Hornbooks for interesting minutae can be a rather enjoyable way spend a rainy, quiet afternoon. It's too bad that most law schools make reading the "Palsgraf" case feel like root canal without novocaine. Law has a beauty that is often ruined by legal education.
If you plan to carry your Hornbooks around, get yourself a litigation case on wheels; it'll spare you a future of back problems.
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