Summer Program in Venice

I have spent the last several weeks teaching in Venice; I’m home now and blogging should be much more consistent again. 

I taught a class entitled “Tort Law in Global Perspective,” using Julie Davies and Paul Hayden’s Global Issues in Tort Law.  I liked the book and I believe my students did as well.  It is relatively cheap and not physically heavy.  It provides a good overview of doctrinal differences among countries in many major areas of tort law.  It covers the Alien Tort Statute, Torture Victim Protection Act, Anti-Terrorism Act, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and Warsaw Convention.  It was a great experience for me because I have a better understanding of comparative tort law.  And, of course, I got to spend several weeks in Venice.