Liability: The Legal Revolution and Its Consequences

by Peter W. Huber

This controversial book describes the transformation of modern tort law since the 1960s, and shows how the dramatic increase in liability lawsuits has had an adverse effect on the safety, health, the cost of insurance, and individual rights.

Genres: Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Peter William Huber earned a law degree from Harvard University in 1982, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a partner at the law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, an author who writes on drug development, energy, technology, and the law and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

Reviews

[Craig Bolton]

Liability by Peter W. Huber (1990)