1. The Positive Economic Theory of Tort Law

2. Property Rights versus Liability Rules

3. Strict Liability versus Negligence

4. Basic Principles of Accident Law

5. Additional Principles of Accident Law

6. Intentional Torts and Damages

7. Joint and Multiple Torts

8. Causation

9. Catastrophic Personal Injuries

10. Products Liability and Industrial-Accident Law

11. A Brief Summary, with Suggestions for Further Research

Case Index

Author Index

Subject Index

photo of Richard Posner.

William M. Landes is Clifton R. Musser Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.

Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.

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