04435nam 2201189Ia 450 991045851800332120200520144314.00-8147-9006-20-8147-1733-010.18574/9780814790069(CKB)2560000000014517(EBL)866080(OCoLC)779828406(SSID)ssj0000422880(PQKBManifestationID)11289436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422880(PQKBWorkID)10432037(PQKB)10003776(StDuBDS)EDZ0001323992(MiAaPQ)EBC866080(OCoLC)643567659(MdBmJHUP)muse4839(DE-B1597)548049(DE-B1597)9780814790069(Au-PeEL)EBL866080(CaPaEBR)ebr10386278(EXLCZ)99256000000001451720091123d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe measure of injury[electronic resource] race, gender, and tort law /Martha Chamallas and Jennifer B. WrigginsNew York New York University Press20101 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-1676-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Theoretical Frames -- 2 Historical Frames -- 3 Intentional Torts -- 4 Negligence -- 5 Causation -- 6 Damages -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors 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.Personal injuriesUnited StatesTortsUnited StatesRace discriminationLaw and legislationUnited StatesSex discriminationLaw and legislationUnited StatesElectronic books.911.Chamallas.Compensation.Crow.Drawing.Fund.Injury.Jennifer.Martha.Measure.South.Victim.Wriggins.analysis.anything.authors.based.been.biases.case.demonstrate.disparate.forms.from.gender.have.in-depth.minorities.neutral.patterns.perpetuate.prove.race.ranging.recovery.resurfaced.that.tort.traditional.under-compensated.updated.women.Personal injuriesTortsRace discriminationLaw and legislationSex discriminationLaw and legislation346.7303Chamallas Martha1056456Wriggins Jennifer B1056457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458518003321The measure of injury2490835UNINA