H. DOUGLAS BARCLAY LAW LIBRARY
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES GUIDE
Wendy Scott, Assistant Director for Faculty & Outreach Services
01/2006
Selection of Resources to Support First Year Torts Courses
This guide directs faculty to instructional aids and materials available in the law library or on
the web. It encompasses such resources as key web sites, texts, databases, guides, handouts, PowerPoint presentations, and tutorials that faculty can integrate into their classes and/or
assign to students. Materials crafted especially for faculty are designated as such in the annotations.
Sources on the Internet
Torts Overview – Cornell WEX
Brief overview of tort law, with a selection of links to secondary and primary sources, by the Cornell Legal Information Institute's law wiki.
Injury & Torts on Findlaw
Links to Findlaw's resources on personal injury and torts, with external links to related materials.
Lexis’ Outline of Torts
Capsule summary of major topics in multiple formats. The document is available in PDF, HTML and Word.
Key Texts & Treatises in the Library & Online
Nutshell
Torts in a Nutshell, 3th ed.
Reserves KF1250.Z9K53 2005
Stacks - 1 copy
Hornbooks
Basic Principles of Tort Law (Shapo)
Reserves KF1250.Z9S53 1999
The Law of Torts (Dobbs)
Reserves KF1250.D6 2000
Understanding Torts (Legal Text Series)
KF1250.D5 2000
This is part of the Understanding series of concise texts on broad legal topics.
For the online capsule summary of this title, see Internet Sources, above
Treatises & Texts
The American Law of Torts (Speiser)
KF1250 .S568 1983 (with current supplements)
Prosser and Keaton on Torts, 5th ed.
Reserves KF1250.P1984
Stacks - 1 copy
Restatement of the Law, Torts 2d., revised and enlarged, v. 1 -4
KF1249 .A4 1965 (with current supplements)
Access is restricted to Syracuse University College of Law users.
Click on "Product Liability Daily" under "Product Liability."
(BNA) Product Safety & Liability Reporter
Access is restricted to Syracuse University College of Law users.
Click on "Product Safety & Liability Reporter” under "Product Liability."
Lexis Search Advisor: Torts
This is a guided search feature on Lexis. Access with a valid Lexis ID.
To access the Search Advisor, log in, and then click on the Search Advisor tab,
then click on Torts. You may then locate cases and secondary source material on specific subtopics, such as Negligence.
Westlaw Keysearch Topic: Torts
This is a guided search feature on Westlaw. Access with a valid Westlaw ID.
Click on Torts. For each subtopic you can locate cases, treatises, encyclopedias and journal articles.
Research Guides & Tutorials
Using Westlaw to Research Tort Law
H. Douglas Barclay Law Library Research Guides
Research guides were developed by our librarians. They are annotated outlines with references to our print and onlinesources. Subjects include basic research skills (case research, West Digests, ALR, statutes) and topic-specific research. Students should bring these with them to the library when pursuing research assignments and papers. The guides are also available in print at the Reference Desk.
Please note: To open or download CALI lessons, you must be registered. Faculty & student passwords may be obtained by contacting Electronic Services Librarian, Robert Weiner, at rjweiner@law.syr.edu.
There are numerous CALI lessons on Torts. See the complete list by clicking on the CALI
hyperlink, above. A selection of titles of potential interest to first year students follows.
Basic Issues in Defamation and Privileges
This lesson covers the basic, common law elements of defamation. The discussion will review the defamatory statement, truth, and publication concerning the plaintiff and the basic issues in privileges.
Basic Issues in the Right of Privacy
This lesson covers basic elements of Commercial Appropriation, Intrusion, Public Disclosure, and False Light.
Battery Basics
Battery Basics is an introduction and initial exploration of the intentional tort of battery for students who want to test their basic knowledge of the tort.
Equitable Remedies - An Overview
This exercise gives a basic overview of the types of equitable remedies.
Fundamentals of Damages for Harms to Personal Property
This lesson serves as background and foundation for other lessons on damages for harms to personal property. It deals with general principles and basic measures of damages recoverable for harms to personal property.
General Concepts of Damages in Torts
This lesson introduces the student to the structure, function, and terminology of the law of damages in the context of torts cases
Intentional Torts
This lesson is designed to lead the student through exploration of the intentional torts. It is possible for the student to access individual sections.
Negligence
The lesson is designed to reinforce the student's understanding of the basic law of negligence. It is possible for the student to navigate individual sections or individual areas (such as res ipsa loquitur within breach of duty).
Reasonable Person
This lesson contains problems and questions concerning the Reasonable Person for negligence actions.