article addresses torts in United States law. As such, it covers primarily common law. Moreover, it provides general rules, as individual states all have separate...

differences in tort law. Common law systems include United States tort law, Australian tort law, Canadian tort law, Indian tort law, and the tort law of a variety...

Privacy laws of the United States deal with several different legal concepts. One is the invasion of privacy, a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved...

Tort reform consists of changes in the civil justice system in common law countries that aim to reduce the ability of plaintiffs to bring tort litigation...

private parties to sue the United States in a federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States. It was passed and enacted...

English tort law concerns the compensation for harm to people's rights to health and safety, a clean environment, property, their economic interests, or...

The system of tort law in Australia is broadly similar to that in other common law countries. However, some divergences in approach have occurred as its...

Tort law in India is primarily governed by judicial precedent as in other common law jurisdictions, supplemented by statutes governing damages, civil procedure...

consortium, injury to reputation and humiliation.'" Tort reform supporters argue that states have enacted such laws in order to keep health care costs low, in...

outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to tort law in common law jurisdictions: Tort law – defines what a legal injury is and, therefore, whether...

The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the supreme law is the nation's Constitution, which...

Alienation of affections is a common law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions. Where it still exists, an action is brought by a spouse against a third...

entity. Personal injury lawyers primarily practice in the area of law known as tort law. Examples of common personal injury claims include injuries from...

Bill Emerson, who died before the act passed. The law was named after him to recognize his work. The law provides limited liability for individual, corporation...

and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, also known as the Westfall Act, is a law passed by the United States Congress that modifies the Federal Tort Claims...

September 2015. It is the first law museum in the United States. The museum offers displays regarding the evolution of tort law, precedent setting cases, and...

Canadian tort law is composed of two parallel systems: a common law framework outside Québec and a civil law framework within Québec, making the law system...

Restatement of Torts, Second, is a treatise issued by the American Law Institute. It summarizes the general principles of United States tort law. The volumes...

law by common law country Tort law in Australia Canadian tort law English tort law Scots tort law United States tort law Procedural law Civil procedure...

European tort law, as a term, is not strictly defined and is used to describe a number of various features concerning tort law in Europe. The concept...

United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the US. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality...

The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture...

The tort of seduction was a civil wrong or tort in common law legal systems, and still exists in some jurisdictions. Originally, it allowed an unmarried...

000 sworn law enforcement officers are serving in the United States.[citation needed] About 137,000 of those officers work for federal law enforcement...

Commercial Code adoption English contract law United States tort law Civil Procedure in the United States Contract theory Corbin, A.L. (January 1917)...

In the United States, state law refers to the law of each separate U.S. state. The fifty states are separate sovereigns, with their own state constitutions...

In common law, assault is the tort of acting intentionally, that is with either general or specific intent, causing the reasonable apprehension of an immediate...

Alien Tort Statute (codified in 1948 as 28 U.S.C. § 1350; ATS), also called the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), is a section in the United States Code that...

expected to be exercised in similar circumstances. Within the scope of tort law, negligence pertains to harm caused by the violation of a duty of care...

contract law, and if property is violated, one could sue under tort law to protect it. United States property law is primarily an area of state law, although...