A very short introduction -- Torts basics : the prima facie case and affirmative defenses -- Physical invasions : (Harmful) battery, purposeful infliction of bodily harm, trespass to land, trepass to chattels, and conversion -- Emotional and dignitary torts : assault, offensive battery, and false imprisonment -- Affirmative defenses to intentional torts -- Intentional tort frontiers : intentional infliction of emotional distress -- Introduction to negligence : corrective justice, efficiency, and the choice between strict liability and negligence -- Breach : the reasonalble person standard -- More ways of proving breach : custom, negligence Per Se, and Res Ipsa Louitur -- Affirmative defenses to negligence : contributory negligence, comparative negligence, and assumption of risk -- Basic duty rules : foreseeable plaintiffs, the sports cases, and risk creation -- More duty rules : special relationships, landowners, and negligent infliction of emotional distress -- Actual cause : "But for" causation, its complications, and exceptions -- Proximate cause : policy limitations on the scope of liability -- From traditional strict liability to strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities -- Nuisance -- Vicarious liability -- The prima facie case for products liability torts -- Products liability torts defenses, including preemption -- Compensatory damages -- Mitigation, offsetting benefits, and collateral sources -- Joint and several liability -- Punitive damages and their constitutional limtations -- Closing closers.