LibGuides: 1L Resources, Tips and Tools: Torts

Selected CALI Lessons: Torts

The following CALI lessons cover issues addressed in Torts classes. CALI requires users to log in. Feel free to contact askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu or to text (718) 734-2432 for assistance.

Intentional Torts
This lesson is designed to lead the student through exploration of the intentional torts. It is divided into intent, torts against person, torts against property and defenses.
Negligence Elements and Defenses
The structure of this lesson is: duty, breach of duty, causation (cause in fact and proximate cause), and damages. This lesson seeks to reinforces a student's basic understanding of the law of negligence and to lead beyond the elements of negligence into factual applications, policy considerations and argument evaluation.
Res Ipsa Loquitur
This lesson discusses the circumstances when this doctrine applies, how common carriers are covered, and how a lawyer would explain this doctrine to a jury.

Casebooks: Torts

Torts and Regulation: Cases, Principles, and Institutions by John Fabian Witt
Publication Date: 3rd ed. Dec. 2022
This is an open-access CALI e-casebook. CALI requests a user's name, email & law school to access this e-casebook.
Tort Law: A 21st Century Approach by Zahr K. Said
Publication Date: 2nd ed. Aug. 2022
This is an open-access CALI e-casebook. CALI requests a user's name, email & law school to access this e-casebook.
Torts: Cases and Materials by Aaron D. Twerski, W. Bradley Wendel & James A. Henderson
Call Number: KF1250 .T93 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2021]
Tort Law: Responsibilities and Redress by John C. P. Goldberg, Benjamin C. Zipursky, Leslie Kendrick & Anthony J. Sebok
Call Number: KF1250 .G65 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2021]
Prosser, Wade and Schwartz's Torts, Cases and Materials by Victor Schwartz, Kathryn Kelly & David Partlett
Publication Date: 14th ed. [2020] (On Reserve)
Torts: Cases and Questions by Ward Farnsworth & Mark F. Grady
Call Number: KF1250 .F37 2019 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2019]

Treatises & Hornbooks: Torts

Treatises:

Harper, James and Gray on Torts (multi-volume treatise) by Fowler V. Harper, Fleming James. Jr. & Oscar S. Gray
Publication Date: 3rd ed.[2017-], updated Nov. 2023
In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WOLTERS KLUWER. Subscription supports multiple simultaneous users.

Note: If you are not on campus or in a BLS residence: you will need to implement the BLS proxy instructions for 1 web browser to use Kluwer's version of Harper, James and Gray.

Dobbs' Law of Torts (Practitioner Treatise series) by Dan B. Dobbs, Paul T. Hayden & Ellen M. Bublick
Publication Date: 2nd ed , current through May 2023 update
Recommended by BLS Prof. Aaron Twerski.
Click title above. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WESTLAW. Enter your Westlaw username/password.
American Law of Torts (multi-volume treatise) by Stuart M. Speiser, Charles F. Krause & Alfred W. Gans
Publication Date: Copyright: 2015-2023, current through Mar. 2023 update.
In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - WESTLAW. Enter your Westlaw username/password.

Hornbooks:

Hornbook on Torts by Dan Dobbs, Paul Hayden & Ellen Bublick
Call Number: KF1250 .D6 2016 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 2nd ed. 2016
Principles of Tort Law (Concise Hornbook series) by Marshall S. Shapo
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 S53 2016 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 4th ed. [2016]

Study Aids Containing Multiple-Choice Questions & Short-Answer Questions: Torts

Torts (Emanuel Law Outlines) by Steven L. Emanuel
Publication Date: 11th ed. 2024
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
Includes: Capsule Summary of key concepts; "Quiz Yourself" short-answer questions at the end of many chapters; "Exam Tips"; 4 essay exam questions/answers; and 30 multiple-choice questions/answers.
Questions & Answers: Torts: by Anita Bernstein
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 B47 2023 (On Reserve)
There is 1 copy of the 5th ed. in Lexis/Nexis Digital Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS DIGITAL LIBRARY. Enter your BLS username/password. The digital copy circulates for 3 days (b/c the vendor currently does not accommodate 2-hour loans).
BLS Library also owns 1 print copy of the 5th ed. of Questions & Answers: Torts by BLS Prof. Anita Bernstein.
Torts: Objective (Exam Pro study guide series) by John Bauman; Ronald Eades
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 B378 2021 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 3rd ed. [2021]
The Glannon Guide to Torts: Learning Torts Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis by Richard L. Hasen
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 H375 2020 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 4th ed. [2020]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Torts (Emanuel Law Outlines for Torts Prosser Wade Schwartz Kelly and Partlett) by Steven L. Emanuel
Publication Date: 13th ed. 2016
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
Includes: Capsule Summary of key concepts; "Quiz Yourself" short-answer questions at the end of many chapters; "Exam Tips"; 3 essay exam questions/answers; and 30 multiple-choice questions/answers.
Torts (CrunchTime study guide series) by Steven L. Emanuel
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 E472 2015 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 5th ed. [2015]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
1 print copy also is available on Reserve.
Preface states that this CrunchTime study guide is designed "to be used in the last few weeks (or even less) before your final exams." Includes: flow charts; Capsule Summary; "Exam Tips"; 69 short-answer questions/answers; 30 multiple-choice questions/answers; and 3 essay questions/answers.

Additional Study Aids: Torts

Toxic Torts in a Nutshell by Jean Eggen
Call Number: KF1299.H39 E37 2023 (Main)
Publication Date: 7th ed. [2023]
Understanding Torts by John L. Diamond, Lawrence C. Levine & Anita Bernstein
Call Number: KF1250 .D53 2023 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 7th ed. (2023)
Co-authored by BLS Prof. Anita Bernstein.
2 copies are available in Lexis Digital Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - LEXIS/NEXIS DIGITAL LIBRARY. Enter your BLS username/password.
1 print copy also is on Reserve.
A Short & Happy Guide to Torts by Roger E. Schechter
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 S34 2022ebEBOOK (EBSCO)
Publication Date: 2nd ed. [2022]
1 copy of this ebook is available. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - EBSCO. The digital copy circulates for 2 hours.
Acing Tort Law: A Checklist Approach to Tort Law by Shubha Ghosh
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 G48 2022 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 4th ed. [2022]
The Law of Torts (Examples & Explanations series) by Joseph W. Glannon
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 G63 2020 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 6th ed. [2020]
Access through Aspen Learning Library. In SARA catalog record, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - ASPEN. Remote access to Aspen Learning Library requires implementation of the BLS proxy server instructions.
1 print copy also is on Reserve.
Torts in a Nutshell by Edward J. Kionka
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 K566 2020 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 7th ed. [2020]
Torts (Gilbert Law Summaries) by Marc A. Franklin, W. Jonathan Cardi & Michael D. Green
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 F73 2017 (On Reserve)
Publication Date: 25th ed. [2017]