Article
Using Comparative Tort Materials to Teach First-Year Torts
Journal of Legal Education
(2007)
Abstract
This article is based on a presentation at the Workshop on Integrating Transnational Legal Perspectives into the First Year Curriculum at the AALS Annual Meeting in 2006. I argue that comparative torts materials can be used to teach tort concepts central to a first year torts class. To be sure, while I an advocate of comparative tort law as a subject of intrinsic interest and importance, this article is about using comparative tort materials to help students learn the law of their own jurisdiction. After offering a theoretical defense of this position, I offer two examples based on German cases involving non-economic damages.
Keywords
- class materials,
- torts,
- comparative law
Disciplines
Publication Date
2007
Citation Information
Anthony J. Sebok. "Using Comparative Tort Materials to Teach First-Year Torts" Journal of Legal Education Vol. 57 Iss. 4 (2007) p. 562 - 578 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/anthony-sebok/267/