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Torts (Law) - Explained

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Written by Jason Gordon

Updated at September 24th, 2021

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What is a Tort?Academic Research

What is a Tort?

A tort, in the legal context, means a wrong. More specifically, it is a civil wrong, as opposed to a breach of contract or other civil action.

  • Note: Individuals may be liable in tort for their own conduct and for the conduct of others.


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Academic Research

  • Zipursky, Benjamin C., Philosophy of Tort Law: Between the Esoteric and the Banal. BLACKWELL GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND LEGAL THEORY, Martin Golding, William Edmundson, eds., Blackwell, 2004. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=555705 
  • Gardner, John, Tort Law and Its Theory (May 23, 2016). Forthcoming in J Tasioulas (ed), The Cambridge Companion to Philosophy of Law (expected publication 2018); Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2/2018. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3108535 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3108535 
  • Hershovitz, Scott, Treating Wrongs as Wrongs: An Expressive Argument for Tort Law (October 16, 2017). J. of Tort Law Vol. 10, Forthcoming; U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 570. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3054163 
  • Robertson, Andrew, On the Distinction between Contract and Tort. Andrew Robertson (ed), The Law of Obligations: Connections and Boundaries, UCL Press/Routledge-Cavendish, London, 2004, 87-109. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=391081 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.391081 
  • Goldberg, John C. P., Twentieth Century Tort Theory. Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 90, 2002. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=347340 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.347340
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