This page provides access to and archives information about the OER/open-source/open-access Creative-Commons-licensed casebook, Torts: Cases and Context.
Pylon Edition, Version 2.1 (i.e., the revised Second Edition)
★ This is the newest edition. ★
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Volume One (2024)
Chapters 1-12
Topics: Preliminaries, Negligence, Healthcare Liability
Chapters 1-12
Topics: Preliminaries, Negligence, Healthcare Liability
Volume One DOCX file [right click if needed]
You can download the PDF and print it yourself or have it printed.
To purchase a bound paperback copy, check Lulu and Amazon (anticipated to be available at some point in mid/late August 2025).
Volume Two (anticipated late August 2025)
Pylon Edition, Version 2.0 (i.e., the Second Edition)
This 2.0 edition does not include the revisions of 2024-2025.
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Volume One (2019)
Chapters 1-12
Topics: Preliminaries, Negligence, Healthcare Liability
Chapters 1-12
Topics: Preliminaries, Negligence, Healthcare Liability
Volume One DOCX file [you may need to right click to download]
Volume Two (2019)
Chapters 13-29
Topics: Strict Liability, Products Liability, Intentional Torts, Remedies, Issues with Parties and Actions, Transactional Torts, Defamation, Privacy Torts
Chapters 13-29
Topics: Strict Liability, Products Liability, Intentional Torts, Remedies, Issues with Parties and Actions, Transactional Torts, Defamation, Privacy Torts
Volume Two DOCX file [you may need to right click to download]
Volume Three (previously planned)
Chapters 30-32
Topics: Constitutional Torts, Immunities and Government Liability, Safety and Health Regulation
Chapters 30-32
Topics: Constitutional Torts, Immunities and Government Liability, Safety and Health Regulation
This was planned, but was not developed. These topics are covered (albeit without being updated) in chapters 15, 27 & 28 of Volume Two of the First Edition.
Revision archive:
An archive of prior printings of 2.0 and a comprehensive list of all differences (typo corrections and other very minor changes) are here.
First Edition (i.e., 1.0)
⦸ This is not the most recent edition. ⦸
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Professors:
If you've adopted this book, please let me know! Without sales, I can only measure by the adoptions I know about. E-mail me at eric.e.johnson@ou.edu.
Published by CALI eLangdell
Volume One (2015)
Volume Two (2016)
Forerunner book: Torts Compendium
Creative Commons
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This is an old casebook comprising an anthology of readings without notes, questions, or problems. I published it online in 2010/2011. Much of the material went into Torts: Cases and Context.
This webpage (not including the books linked to): Copyright 2021 Eric E. Johnson. All rights reserved. Konomark – Most rights sharable.
