Name: Torts and Other Wrongs
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Author: John Gardner
ISBN: 9780198852957

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Gardner

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

Pages

350

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.8x13.8x2.1 cm

Weight

0.47 kg.

ISBN13

9780198852957

Edition No.

Synopsis "Torts and Other Wrongs "

Torts and other Wrongs is a collection of eleven of the author's essays on the theory of the law of torts and its place in the law more generally. Two new essays accompany nine previously published pieces, a number of which are already established classics of theoretical writing on privatelaw. Together they range across the distinction between torts and other wrongs, the moral significance of outcomes, the nature and role of corrective and distributive justice, the justification

John Gardner

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John Champlin Gardner Jr. (Batavia, New York, July 21, 1933 – Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, and literary critic. He studied at Washington University in St. Louis and earned his master's and doctorate degrees at the University of Iowa. His academic career included teaching at various institutions, such as San Francisco State University and Binghamton University.

Among his most notable works is "Grendel" (1971), a novel that reimagines the Beowulf myth from the monster's perspective. In the field of literary criticism, he published "On Becoming a Novelist" (1983), a guide for aspiring writers. His novel "October Light" (1976) earned him the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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