Class Information
Fall 2026
5418 Torts- A2 - TEN CATE- 26451
Professor(s):
Irene Ten Cate (VISITING)
Credits: 4
Course Areas: 1st Year - Section A
Time: 9:00a-10:30a MWTH Location: 211
Course Outline: Basic tort law; intentional torts, negligence, strict liability; causation and problems of multiple parties; damages and compensation systems; derivative liability; special kinds of torts.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid-term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
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Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Required Course)
Course Materials
Book(s) Required
Course Materials: PROSSER, WADE & SCHWARTZ’S TORTS: CASES & MATERIALS, by Victor E. Schwartz, David F. Partlett, W. Jonathan Cardi and Alexandra Lahav (West Academic 15th ed. 2024).
Be sure to obtain the correct edition. Because the exam will be closed book, you are free to purchase the book in printed (new or used) or eBook format. If you decide to purchase a new book or eBook, you can get 15% off the listed price of this book (and any other books purchased from www.westacademic.com) by using the code WAHOUS.
Recommended book: Joseph Glannon’s Examples and Explanations for the Law of Torts.
