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...

private parties to sue the United States in a federal court for most torts committed by persons acting on behalf of the United States. Historically, citizens...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 most important is the nation's Constitution, which...

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 corporate law regulates the governance, finance and power of corporations in US law. Every state and territory has its own basic corporate...

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

In conflict of laws, the choice of law rules for tort are intended to select the lex causae by which to determine the nature and scope of the judicial...

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...

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...

A law school in the United States is an educational institution where students obtain a professional education in law after first obtaining an undergraduate...

decided. The Liebeck case became a flashpoint in the debate in the United States over tort reform. It was cited by some as an example of frivolous litigation;...

In the common law tradition, a heartbalm tort or heartbalm action is a civil action that a person may bring to seek monetary compensation for the end...

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...

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...

sworn law enforcement officers have been serving in the United States. About 137,000 of those officers work for federal law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement...

Restatement of Contracts and a Restatement of Torts. The MPC is their equivalent for criminal law. Many states have wholly or largely adopted the MPC. Others...

Contract law regulates the obligations established by agreement, whether express or implied, between private parties in the United States. The law of contracts...

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...

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...