Liability

This controversial book describes the transformation of modern tort law since the 1960s, and shows how the dramatic increase in liability lawsuits has had an adverse effect on the safety, health, the cost of insurance, and individual rights.

Peter W. Huber, an M.I.T.-trained engineer and a Harvard law graduate, has also taught at M.I.T. and formerly clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. A Manhattan Institute Fellow, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

x

Uncommon Law

3

(16)

The Death of Contract

19

(14)

A Search for New Rules

33

(12)

Knowledge of the Law Is No Excuse

45

(17)

The New Town Meeting

62

(22)

Resetting the Clock

84

(14)

Sentence Without Verdict

98

(17)

Pain and Punishment

115

(18)

Insurance in Retreat

133

(20)

What Is Deterred?

153

(19)

Rights in Collision

172

(18)

Compassion by Consent

190

(17)

Choosing Safety

207

(13)

Consent and Coercion

220

(13)

Notes

233

(20)

Index

253

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