本书是美国哈佛、耶鲁等一流大学法学院广为推崇的主流课程教学用书，作者均为美国有渊博理论知识和丰富实践经验的著名教授。

作者论述了制造瑕疵产品的责任和销售普通危险产品的责任，详细介绍了有关的经典案例和成文法规定，比较分析了其他国家与美国关于产品责任的法律规定。重要法规摘录为读者提供了极大便利。第四版增加了有典型意义的新案例，讨论了零部件生产者责任。

Contents
Table of Problems
Preface to the Fourth Edition
PART I Liability for Manufacturing Defects
Chapter One Establishing Defect and Assigning Responsibility
Chapter Two Strict Liability in Tort
Chapter Three Causation
Chapter Four Basic Elements of the Plaintiff's Recovery
Chapter Five Affirmative Defenses
PART II Liability for Generically Dangerous Products
Chapter Six When the Defendant Says Too Much in Marketing the Product:Express
Warranty and Misrepresentation
Chapter Seven When the Defendant Says Too Little in Marketing the Product:Failure to Instruct or Warn
Chapter Eight When What the Defendant Says in Marketin the Product Isn's Controlling:Liability BAased on Defective Design
PART III Institutional Perspectives
Chapter Nine Special Features Reflecting the Fact That Most Preducts Defendants
Are Corporations
Chapter Ten Adjusting the Liability System to the Demands of a National Economy
Chapter Eleven International Perspectives on Products Liability
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index