01544nam a2200325 a 4500 EDZ0000077248 StDuBDS 20150804193927.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110509s2011 nyu fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199894772 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS KF1250 346.03 22 Vandall, Frank J. A history of civil litigation [electronic resource] : political and economic perspectives / Frank J. Vandall. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. This text studies the expansion of civil liability from 1466 to 1980, and the cessation of that growth in 1980. It evaluates the creation of tort causes of action during the period of 1400-1980. Re-evaluation and limitation of those developments from 1980, to the present, are specifically considered. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Includes bibliographical references and index. Liability (Law) United States History. Strict liability United States History. Products liability United States History. Corporate power United States. Legislation United States. Print version 9780195391916 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195391916.001.0001 37081 37081