PLAW 3100 - Tort Law

Prerequisite(s): PLAW 1100.
This course will introduce concepts that comprise the bulk of modern America torts law and practice. Students will examine the legal principles of civil wrongs for which the law recognizes a legal remedy on behalf of a private individual. Study will include defenses against claims of harm. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to determine: what conduct counts as tortuous or wrongful; whether a conduct caused the kind of harm the law will recognize; and those defenses that can be raised against a claim of liability. Credit(s): 3