The Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law

Tort law is the body of law governing negligence, intentional misconduct, and other wrongful acts for which...
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Author: Martha Chamallas
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The Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law by Chamallas, Martha

The Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law

$169.88

The Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law

$169.88
Author: Martha Chamallas
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Tort law is the body of law governing negligence, intentional misconduct, and other wrongful acts for which civil actions can be brought. The conventional wisdom is that the rules, concepts, and structures of tort law are neutral and unbiased, free of considerations of gender and race.
In The Measure of Injury, Martha Chamallas and Jennifer Wriggins prove that tort law is anything but gender and race neutral. Drawing on an in-depth analysis of case law ranging from the Jim Crow South to the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the authors demonstrate that women and minorities have been under-compensated in tort law and that traditional biases have resurfaced in updated forms to perpetuate patterns of disparate recovery based on race and gender. Grappling with tort theory, the intricacies of legal doctrine and the practical effects of legal rules, The Measure of Injury is a unique treatise on torts that uncovers the public and cultural dimensions of this always-controversial domain of private law.



Author: Martha Chamallas, Jennifer B. Wriggins
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 05/31/2010
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780814716762


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2010

About the Author
Chamallas, Martha: - Martha Chamallas is the Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law at Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law and the author of Introduction to Feminist Legal Theory.Wriggins, Jennifer B.: - Jennifer B. Wriggins is the Sumner T. Bernstein Professor of Law at the University of Maine School of Law.

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