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David G. Owen

Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law

David G. Owen

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Scholarship

Books

Products Liability Law (Thomson/West, 2d ed., 2008)

Products Liability in a Nutshell (Thomson/West, 8th ed., 2008)

Products Liability and Safety – Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 5th ed., 2007, with annual supplements, with J. Montgomery & M. Davis); Teacher's Manual (with M. Davis)

Products Liability Law (Thomson/West, 2005)

Products Liability in a Nutshell (with J. Phillips, Thomson/West, 2005)

Products Liability and Safety – Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 4th ed., 2004, with annual supplements, with J. Montgomery & M. Davis); Teacher's Manual (with M. Davis); Problems Supp. (with P. LeBel & M. Davis)

Madden & Owen on Products Liability (3 vols.) (West, 3d ed., 2000, with annual supplements, with S. Madden & M. Davis)

Products Liability and Safety – Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 3d ed., 1996, with J. Montgomery & W.P. Keeton); '96, '97, '98, '99, '00, '01, & '02 Supp. (with M. Davis); Teacher's Manual (with M. Davis); Problems Supp. (with P. LeBel & M. Davis)

Philosophical Foundations of Tort Law, Ed. (Oxford University Press, 1995)

Products Liability and Safety – Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2d ed. 1989, with W.P. Keeton, J. Montgomery, and M. Green); Teacher's Manual (with Green, 1990); 1993 Supp. (with Green); Problems Supp. (with P. LeBel, 1995)

Prosser and Keeton on Torts, 5th edition of Prosser on Torts (West Publishing Co., 1984, with W.P. Keeton, D. Dobbs, and R. Keeton); 1988 Supp. (with D. Dobbs & R. Keeton)

Products Liability and Safety – Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 1980, with W.P. Keeton & J. Montgomery); 1983 & 1985 Supps. (with J. Montgomery)

Selected Articles

The Evolution of Products Liability Law, 26 Rev. Litig. ___ (2007)

The Five Elements of Negligence, 35 Hofstra L. Rev. ___ (2007)

Foreword, The Law of Product Liability (Howells, ed., Butterworths, 2d ed. 2007)

Information Shields in Tort Law, chapter 9 in Exploring Tort Law (S. Madden ed., Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005)

Special Defenses in Products Liability Law, 70 Mo. L. Rev. 1 (2005), reprinted 55 Defense L.J. 307 (2006)

Proof of Product Defect, 93 Ky. L.J. 377 (2005), reprinted 55 Defense L.J. 487 (2006)

Inherent Product Hazards, 93 Ky. L. J. 1 (2004)

Proving Negligence in Products Liability Litigation, 36 Ariz. St. L. Rev. 1003 (2004)

The Puzzle of Comment J, 55 Hastings L.J. 1377 (2004)

Federal Preemption of Products Liability Claims, 55 S.C. L. Rev. 411 (2003), reprinted 53 Defense L.J. 203 (2004)

A Decade of Daubert, 80 Denver U. L. Rev. 345 (2003), reprinted 52 Defense L.J. 411 (2003)

Book Review, The Law of Product Liability (Howells, ed.), 11 Torts L.J. 97 (Australia) (2003)

Figuring Responsibility and Fault, 13 Kings College (Univ. of London) L.J. 227 (2002)

Manufacturing Defects, 54 S.C. L. Rev. 851 (2002), reprinted, 52 Defense L.J. 199 (2003)

The Rise and Fall of §402A Comment J, Products Liability Advisory 1 (Nov. 2001)

Duty Rules, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 767 (2001)

Product Outlaws, 10 Kans.J.L.& Pub. Pol'y 126 (2001)

Products Liability: User Misconduct Defenses, 52 S.C. L. Rev. 1 (2000)

Tort Liability for Medical Experimentation, in Freedom & Control of Biomedical Research 357 (Deutch & Taupitz, eds. 2000) (Germany)

Products Liability Law in America, 11 Danno e Responsabilita 1999 (Italian trans.)

"Strict" Products Liability in America & Europe, Festschrift für Erwin Deutsch 305 ('99)

Products Liability, in 2 The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia 689 (Gray, ed. '99) (Canada)

Products Liability Law Restated, 49 S.C. L. Rev. (1998);

American Products Liability Law Restated, 6 Consumer L.J. 161 (1998) [European version, Belgium]

Toward a Proper Test for Design Defectiveness: "Micro-Balancing" Costs and Benefits, 75 Tex. L. Rev. 1661 (1997)

Risk-Utility Balancing in Design Defect Cases, 30 U. Mich. J.L. Ref. 239 (1997)

Defectiveness Restated: Exploding the "Strict" Products Liability Myth, 1996 Ill. L. Rev. 743

Why Philosophy Matters to Tort Law, in Owen, Philosophical Foundations 1 (1995)

Philosophical Foundations of Fault in Tort Law, in Philosophical Foundations of Tort Law 201 (Owen, ed., Oxford University Press: Clarendon 1995)

Products Liability as a Narrative Portrait, 17 J. Prod. & Tox. Liab. 359 (1995)

The Graying of Products Liability Law: Paths Taken and Untaken in the New Restatement, 61 Tenn. L. Rev. 1241 (1994)

A Punitive Damages Overview: Functions, Problems & Reform, 39 Vill. L. Rev. 393 (1994)

The Moral Foundations of Products Liability Law: Toward First Principles, 68 Notre Dame L. Rev. 427 (1993)

The Fault Pit, 26 Ga. L. Rev. 703 (1992)

Products Liability: Principles of Justice for the 21st Century, 11 Pace L. Rev. 63 (1990), revised as Products Liability Principles of Justice, 20 Anglo-Am. L. Rev. 238 (1991)

Engineering Against Products Liability: Principles and Problems, 2 Forensic Eng'g 39 (1990)

The Moral Foundations of Punitive Damages, 40 Ala. L. Rev. 705 (1989)

Products Liability and the Engineer: Principles, Problems, and Reform, 17 The Bridge 8 (Summer 1987) (National Academy of Engineering)

Respect for Law & Man: The Tort Law of Chief Justice Kenison, 11 Vt. L. Rev. 389 (1986)

The Intellectual Development of Modern Products Liability Law: A Comment on Priest's View of the Cathedral's Foundations, 14 J. Legal Stud. 529 (1985)

Deterrence and Desert in Tort: A Comment, 73 Cal. L. Rev. 665 (1985)

Civil Punishment and the Public Good, 56 S. Cal. L. Rev. 103 (1982)

Problems in Assessing Punitive Damages Against Manufacturers of Defective Products, 49 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1 (1982)

Rethinking the Policies of Strict Products Liability, 33 Vand. L. Rev. 681 (1980)

The Highly Blameworthy Manufacturer: Implications on Rules of Liability and Defense in Products Liability Actions, 10 Ind. L. Rev. 769 (1977)

Punitive Damages in Products Liability Litigation, 74 Mich. L. Rev. 1257 (1976)

Reflections on the Theory and Administration of Strict Tort Liability for Defective Products, 27 S.C. L. Rev. 803 (1976) (with J. Montgomery)

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