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Prosser and Keeton on Torts, 5th Edition | 
 enlarge | Creators: William Lloyd Prosser, W. Page Keeton, Dan B. Dobbs, Robert E. Keeton, David G. Owen
Publisher: West Group
Category: Book
List Price: $58.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 22855
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 5 Sub
Pages: 1286
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.5 x 2.1
ISBN: 0314748806
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.7303
EAN: 9780314748805
ASIN: 0314748806
Publication Date: 1984
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Product Description
This classic legal text mphasizes contemporary developments in order to reflect the shift in tort law toward the plaintiff's side and expanded liability. Expanded coverage is included on subjects such as constitutional privilege in defamation, privacy, product liability, and strict liability. Also reflects the current shift toward compulsory auto insurance and compensation plans.
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 Comprehensive August 4, 2008
P&K is a classic as far as hornbooks go, and very useful as a study aid for a 1L torts class in my opinion. Though significantly longer and written in more cryptic language than a typical study aid (like "Emmanuel's" or "Explanations & Examples") P&K contains far more information. There is a reason why even the casebooks cite P&K when trying to illustrate difficult to comprehend points. As many have pointed out it still in the 5th edition and hasn't been updated since 1984, and as a result has fallen a little bit behind the times (esp. on products liability) but overall it is still very relevant. I haven't taken the time to read Dobbs' newer treatise on torts so I'll withhold judgment over which is better. It is kind of pricey and long but if you have the time and money to devote to this book, it will teach you tons! I also highly recommend "A Concise Restatement of Torts" by the A.L.I. to help out with all the restatements
 The Zone of Danger and other legal fictions June 14, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Hornbooks" are summaries of a body of law used by angst-ridden law students to amplify and clarify the often arcane materials contained in Casebooks. The law of torts is one of the primary building blocks of a first year legal education, along with Property and Contracts. Almost every 1L has a small library of these dark green encyclopedic volumes that weigh in by the kilogram.
PROSSER AND KEETON ON TORTS is one of the few Hornbooks (along with CALAMARI AND PERILLO ON CONTRACTS) that is considered an acceptable, though not authoritative, treatise for purposes of legal citation. Of course, cases themselves trump any other source material.
Having practiced law for fifteen years I was surprised to note that PROSSER AND KEETON ON TORTS is still in its Fifth Edition (updated with Pocket Parts, no doubt) just as it was when I first cracked the spine of my copy.
So many years after the intellectual concentration camp that is First Year Law School, I find that perusing Hornbooks for interesting minutae can be a rather enjoyable way spend a rainy, quiet afternoon. It's too bad that most law schools make reading the "Palsgraf" case feel like root canal without novocaine. Law has a beauty that is often ruined by legal education.
If you plan to carry your Hornbooks around, get yourself a litigation case on wheels; it'll spare you a future of back problems.
This is the one that got me through Torts in law school. April 25, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is THE classic hornbook for torts, and is an indispensable part of any law student's library. I still find myself referring to this one from time to time. When I was in law school the lucid and clear explanations of law, combined with copious footnoted citations, made this book a joy to own and read.
There are a lot of general torts texts, but after eight years of practice, this one still ranks near the top.
Good resource ... needs an update February 19, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I used this book in law school, and continue to use it 7 years into my practice. However the pocket part is the same one I've always had -- 1988 -- I cannot find an update.
P&K is a classic June 14, 2001
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
I used P&K to supplement my casebook and class notes, and it guided me to an A- in torts. It's a great tool and a great read. However, it does have certain limitations: the final edition was published in the late 80s, so it does not provide much guidance on product liability, infliction of emotional distress and other emerging areas of tort law.P&K gives you something that year 1 of law school sorely lacks: a context for the fragments in your case book. Its treatment of Palsgraf is particularly beautiful. And since Prosser so strongly influenced tort law, you can be confident that you are getting good information. Some of my classmates used commercial outlines and they often worried about whether they could trust the material. No such problems with P&K; it was on the money all the time. And when there was a contradiction between P&K and my textbook, I was able to go to my professor and ask her about it. Try doing that with a commercial outline. P&K is not merely fine reference tool; it is a genuine work of literature. I love it, and I highly recommend it.
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