Book assignments

There is one traditional get-it-from-a-bookstore book you need for the course. Get you own physical, printed copy of this:

If you want to order the Edwards book via slow shipping, that shouldn't be a problem. We won't get to it until at least the second week of class, and more likely the third.

The main casebook for the course is an open-source/open-access (a/k/a "OER") book. It is in two volumes:

• Torts: Cases and Context, Volume One (2019; Pylon Edition, Version 2.0)
• Torts: Cases and Context, Volume Two (2019; Pylon Edition, Version 2.0)

These volumes are available for free download in PDF and DOCX formats. To make sure you are looking at the right edition/revision, look for the green safety cone on the cover.

You have lots of options in terms of how you might access the books:

• You could read them on your computer or tablet.
• You could print them yourself.
• You could have someone print them for you.
• You could purchase paperback-bound copies through lulu.com (links here). Note that when I uploaded the books to lulu.com, I chose setting so that I will get zero revenue from the sales. So what you pay is just what lulu.com is charging for itself.
• You could get used copies from a student who took the course last year. (Note that Volume One has recently been updated to fix some typos since last semester. So if you get a used printed copy from last year, it will have those unfixed typos. But I don't think that's a big deal. The list of fixes is here.)

One thing to keep in mind: Assuming we have a normal exam (i.e., putting aside potential covid pandemic contingencies), then you will want to have a printed copy by the end of the semester to use on the exam. So you might choose to start the semester with a printed copy (which you might mark-up and highlight). But you might instead choose to wait until the end of the semester to print out a copy (which perhaps you will have marked-up electronically over the semester). That's up to you.