and so a student who is interested in developing an expertise in tort law should also enroll in courses covering the important aspects of civil litigation. The subject area of tort law includes ...

Fundamental, of course, are Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law (a first-year elective). Torts is a foundational course because much civil rights litigation takes the form of, and relies on the ...

The first part of the course examines the major schools of thought on the purpose and function of tort law (corrective justice/civil recourse/expressivist theories vs economic theories), the ...