First Week Reading Assignments

First Readings for Fall 2024

This may not be an exclusive listing of all faculty members’ first assignment and class meeting notices. If you do not see a class that you are in listed below, it may be necessary to check with the faculty member.

Dates for Fall 2024

  •  The form for submitting assignments will be activated on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
    • Assignments will begin to be posted Thursday, August 1, 2024.
  • The form for submitting assignments will be deactivated on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
    • Assignments will be removed on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

Torts (LAWS 529 §002)

Instructor Name(s)

Dimino

Textbook Information

Required (2):

• VICTOR E. SCHWARTZ ET AL., PROSSER, WADE, AND SCHWARTZ’S TORTS (Foundation Press, 15th ed. 2024), ISBN 979-8-89209-229-6 (Casebook). Be sure that your book is the current edition and comes with access to Casebook Plus.

• ANITA BERNSTEIN, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: TORTS (Carolina Academic Press, 5th ed. 2023), ISBN 978-1-5310-2330-0.

Recommended (any one of these three):

• MARSHALL S. SHAPO, PRINCIPLES OF TORTS (West Academic, 4th ed. 2016), ISBN 978-0-314-28562-1.

• JOHN L. DIAMOND ET AL., UNDERSTANDING TORTS (Carolina Academic Press, 7th ed. 2023), ISBN 978-1-5310-2343-0.

• JOSEPH W. GLANNON, EXAMPLES AND EXPLANATIONS: THE LAW OF TORTS (Aspen Publishing, 6th ed. 2020), ISBN 978-1-5438-0769-1.

General Assignment Information

For our first class, read pages 1-32 of the Casebook as well as the attached syllabus.  Enroll in the Casebook Plus course by signing on to eproducts.westacademic.com and using this code: CRSE-X554-94RY-7WRF-ZJ6R.

For our second class, read pages 32-55 of the Casebook.

Syllabus

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