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Torts (Baker) - Sec 2

Fall 2026   LAW 504-002  

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Faculty
Tom Baker

William Maul Measey Professor of Law

tombaker@law.upenn.edu
Additional Information
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement

No

Location

Class meets in person.

Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.

I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:

- Class sessions are regularly recorded. If you are absent due to illness or some other unavoidable circumstance, email me and I can send you an email with instructions for accessing the recording for the class session(s) you missed.

Meeting Times/Location
MTW 9:00AM - 10:15AM
Gittis Hall 2

Category
First-Year

Credits
4.0

This course examines the doctrinal, theoretical,institutional, and policy dimensions of non-promissory civil liability for harm to persons, property, and certain intangible interests.


Textbooks

"DAMAGES" by Barry Werth
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781416594918
Required

"The Forms and Functions of Tort Law" by Kenneth S. Abraham
Edition: 6th
Publisher: Foundation Press
ISBN: 9781647083076
Required