Common Law and Torts

Common Law and Torts

How does the law of tort stabilize the common law system? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law explores how torts set and enforce boundaries between parties. The law of public nuisance deals with private access to public areas, and the law of trespass with disputes between private parties. The system is designed to prevent any individual to alter boundaries in Property or Contracts unfairly to their own advantage. Watch to learn more.

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1 of 8: Consensual Cases and Product Liability in Tort Law [No. 86]

What happens when something goes wrong in a consensual arrangement? Professor Richard Epstein discusses some of the situations in which one party could bring a tort suit against another party, even though both parties had entered into a voluntary agr ... What happens when something goes wrong in a consensual arrangement? Professor Richard Epstein discusses some of the situations in which one party could bring a tort suit against another party, even though both parties had entered into a voluntary agreement.

Professor Richard Epstein is the inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor of Law Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago.

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