The TortsProf Blog, published by the Law Professor Blogs Network, focuses on developments and scholarly discussions in tort law and compensation systems. It covers topics such as liability doctrines, private nuisance, structural defects in legal frameworks, and emerging issues like civil liability related to artificial intelligence and deepfakes. The blog also highlights academic conferences and awards in the field, providing insights into both theoretical and practical aspects of tort law. It serves as a platform for law professors and legal scholars to analyze and debate current trends, case law, and policy implications within torts and related areas.
From Tim Lytton:
Each May I organize a book manuscript workshop in the areas of torts, administrative law, or legal history. Georgia State University provides funding to invite 10-15 leading scholars from around the country for a one-day in-person workshop.…
American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) seeks applications for the 2027-2028 academic year for two full-time, tenured or tenure-track positions at the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor. Depending on qualifications, the appointee to one or both of…
Tom Galligan has posted to SSRN The Summer of 2025: The De-Purification of Louisiana Comparative Fault and Selected Other Tort “Reform.” The abstract provides:
In the summer of 2025, the Louisiana legislature passed and the Governor signed the most wide-ranging…
Ken Simons has posted to SSRN A New Framework for Understanding Consent in Tort Law. The abstract provides:
Intentional torts such as battery, assault, and false imprisonment identify wrongful conduct that violates a person’s rights by intentionally and unjustifiably…
At JOTWELL, Nora Freeman Engstrom reviews Dominic Roschival’s A Shield for Whom? The Disastrous Hidden Toll of Section 230 on Children.
Andrew Gold has posted to SSRN Justice as a Variation on a Theme. The abstract provides:
In private law, judges are creative across types of justice (inventing new ones where needed), and they are also creative within types of…
María Guadalupe Martínez Alles has posted to SSRN the introduction to her new book Torts and Retribution. The Case for Punitive Damages. The abstract provides:
Torts and Retribution is the first work of its kind to offer a comprehensive…
Luke Meier has posted to SSRN The Liability of Online Marketplaces for Tort Injuries in America, a draft chapter that will appear in the Research Handbook for Product Liability Law by Edward Elgar Publishing.
Congratulations to my friend and colleague, Byron Stier, on his election to the American Law Institute!
Václav Janeček has published Non-Compensatory Damages in English Law with Hart Publishing. The blurb provides:
This book gives the first detailed analysis of non-compensatory damages (‘NCDs’) as a category in English tort and contract law.
The book argues that most…
