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- ISBN: 9781594601927 | 1594601925
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/1/2007
The first entry in the Contextual Approach Series to comparative law, Practical Global Tort Litigation takes readers on a journey through a tort case in the U.S., Germany, and Argentina.Using a shattering glass food container as the vehicle, the book compares how a prototypical products liability case would be handled in the U.S. common law system and representative civil law nations in Europe and Latin America. The book analyzes from a real world perspective issues such as fact gathering and presentation, expert witnesses, burdens of proof, theories of recovery and defenses, and damages and attorneys' fees.