Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tort law through time and culture : themes of economic efficiency / M. Stuart Madden -- Past as prelude : the legacy of five landmarks of twentieth century injury law for the future of torts / Robert L. Rabin -- Twenty-first century insurance and loss distribution in tort law / Kenneth S. Abraham -- Beyond master-servant : a critique of vicarious liability / Jennifer H. Arlen and W. Bentley MacLeod -- The disintegration of duty / Ernest J. Weinrib -- Managing the negligence concept : respect for the rule of law / James A. Henderson, Jr. -- Rebuilding the citadel : privity, causation, and freedom of contract / Richard A. Epstein -- Controlling the future of the common law by restatement / Jane Stapleton -- Information shields in tort law / David G. Owen -- The complexity of torts : the case of punitive damages / Guido Calabresi -- The future of proportional liability : the lessons of toxic substance causation / Michael D. Green -- Causation in products liability and exposure to toxic substances : a European view / Federico Stella -- Collective rights and collective actions : examples of European and Latin American contributions / Juan Carlos Henao.