Tort law defines what counts, in the eyes of the law, as wrongfully injuring another person – assault, fraud, libel, malpractice, negligence, and nuisance are all torts. Tort law also gives victims of such wrongs the opportunity to obtain a court-ordered remedy from the wrongdoer. Harvard Law School provides instruction not only in the basics of tort law – the definitions of the different torts, available defenses, the nature of tort remedies, and the like – but also advanced instruction in the history, policy dimensions, and theory of tort law, and its relation to insurance and government regulation.
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Faculty
HLS Professors
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Jacob Gersen
Sidley Austin Professor of Law
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John Goldberg
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence
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Jon D. Hanson
Alan A. Stone Professor of Law
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Richard J. Lazarus
Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law
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David Rosenberg
Lee S. Kreindler Professor of Law, Emeritus
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Lewis D. Sargentich
Professor of Law
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Steven M. Shavell
Samuel R. Rosenthal Professor of Law and Economics
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Jonathan L. Zittrain
George Bemis Professor of International Law
Visiting Professors & Lecturers
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Havva Guney-Ruebenacker
Lecturer on Law
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Daniel Rauch
Climenko Fellow and Lecturer on Law
Research Programs and Centers
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