Korobkin's Private Law: A Casebook for Master's Degree Students

LL.M. and Legal Master's Degree students deserve the same foundational knowledge of American law as we provide J.D. students, but master's students usually have only one-third of the time for courses. This casebook provides students with foundational knowledge of property law, tort law, and contract law in a single class. The arc of the book considers how the law assigns property rights, how the law protects those rights, and how the law facilitates the transfer of those rights.

The property law section—roughly 25% of the book—includes the initial assignment of property, including intellectual property (copyright and patent), trespass, nuisance, and intangible rights. The tort law section—roughly 25% of the book—provides an introduction to intentional torts through the law of battery and focuses in-depth on negligence. The contracts section—roughly 50%—covers contract formation, defenses to enforcement, contract interpretation, conditions, excuses, and remedies. Each chapter includes a narrative introduction, relevant sections of Restatements, main cases, and three discussion problems that are actual cases.