David G. Owen
Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law
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Contact Information
Room 318
USC School of Law
701 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
v 803-777-1411
f 803-777-8613
owenlaw@law.sc.edu
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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) (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) (annual supplements with J. Montgomery & M. Davis); Teacher's Manual (with M. Davis)
Madden & Owen on Products Liability (3 vols.) (West, 3d ed., 2000) (with S. Madden & M. Davis); annual supplements (vol. 3) by D. Owen
Products Liability and Safety — Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 3d ed., 1996, with J. Montgomery & W.P. Keeton) (annual supplements 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: Clarendon, 1995)
Products Liability and Safety — Cases and Materials (Foundation Press, 2d ed. 1989) (with W.P. Keeton, J. Montgomery, and M. Green) (annual supplements); 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, 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); supplements (with J. Montgomery)
Articles, Chapters
Foreseeability in Tort Law, ___ Wake Forest L. Rev. ___ (2009/2010) (forthcoming)
Design Defectiveness in a Post-Third Restatement World, ___ Brook. L. Rev. ___ (2009) (forthcoming)
Design Defects in Prescription Drugs: Intersections of Law and Science in American Products Liability Law, in Festschrift für Erwin Deutsch ___ (2009) (forthcoming)
Products Liability Law in America and Europe, in Handbook of International Consumer Law and Policy ___ (2008/2009) (forthcoming) (with G. Howells)
Against Priority, 37 Sw. U. L. Rev. 570 (2008)
Design Defects, 73 Mo. L. Rev. 291 (2008)
The Five Elements of Negligence, 35 Hofstra L. Rev. 1671 (2007)
The Evolution of Products Liability Law, 26 Rev. Litig. 955 (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)
Warnings Don't Trump Design: The Rise and Fall of §402A Comment J, Products Liability Advisory 1 (Nov. 2001)
Duty Rules, 54 Vand. L. Rev. 767 (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 (Deutsch & 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 (1999)
Products Liability, in 2 The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia 689 (Gray, ed., 1999) (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. Reform 239 (1997)
Defectiveness Restated: Exploding the "Strict" Products Liability Myth, 1996 Ill. L. Rev. 743
Foreword: Why Philosophy Matters to Tort Law, in Philosophical Foundations of Tort Law 1 (Owen, ed., Oxford University Press: Clarendon 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)
Products Liability: Substantive Developments, 73 Law Libr. J. 958 (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)
Miscellaneous
Foreword, The Law of Product Liability (Howells, ed., Butterworths, 2d ed. 2007)
Product Outlaws, Transcript of Remarks, Symposium, The Restatement (Third) of Torts: And the Future of Tort Law, 10 Kans. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 126 (2000)
Musings on Modern Products Liability Law: A Foreword, 17 Seton Hall L. Rev. 505 (1987)
Foreword: The Use and Control of Punitive Damages, 11 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 309 (1985)
Products Liability Defenses Based on User Misconduct, in Proceedings of the Southern Methodist University Institute on Products Liability (Matthew Bender 1983)
Products Liability: Proposals for Reform, Carolina Law. 7 (Vol. 3 1982)
Countersuits Against Attorneys: A Preface, 33 S.C. L. Rev. 313 (1981)
Restructuring Products Liability Law, 16 Trial 58 (Nov. 1980)
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