Restatement (Third) of Torts

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Restatement of the Law legal treatise secondary legal authority

Restatement (Third) of Torts is a leading American legal treatise that systematically modernizes and clarifies the principles of tort law for courts, practitioners, and scholars.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Restatement (Third) of Torts canonical	3
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Apportionment of Liability	1
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons	1
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Economic Harm	1
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm	1
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, Volume 1	1
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, Volume 2	1
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability	1
Restatement of the Law of Torts (Third)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2715936 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Restatement (Third) of Torts
Context triple: [American Law Institute, notableWork, Restatement (Third) of Torts]

A. Restatement (Second) of Torts
Restatement (Second) of Torts is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically summarizes and clarifies U.S. tort law principles for courts, practitioners, and scholars.
B. Restatement (Second) of Contracts
Restatement (Second) of Contracts is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically summarizes and clarifies U.S. contract law principles for courts, practitioners, and scholars.
C. Restatements of the Law
Restatements of the Law are highly influential scholarly syntheses that clarify and organize common law principles in the United States for use by courts, lawyers, and scholars.
D. Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws
The Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically sets out modern U.S. choice-of-law principles and rules for resolving disputes involving multiple jurisdictions.
E. Copyright: Cases and Materials
"Copyright: Cases and Materials" is a leading law school casebook on U.S. copyright law, co-authored by Jane C. Ginsburg and widely used for teaching and scholarly reference.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Restatement (Third) of Torts
Target entity description: Restatement (Third) of Torts is a leading American legal treatise that systematically modernizes and clarifies the principles of tort law for courts, practitioners, and scholars.

A. Restatement (Second) of Torts
Restatement (Second) of Torts is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically summarizes and clarifies U.S. tort law principles for courts, practitioners, and scholars.
B. Restatement (Second) of Contracts
Restatement (Second) of Contracts is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically summarizes and clarifies U.S. contract law principles for courts, practitioners, and scholars.
C. Restatements of the Law
Restatements of the Law are highly influential scholarly syntheses that clarify and organize common law principles in the United States for use by courts, lawyers, and scholars.
D. Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws
The Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws is a highly influential legal treatise that systematically sets out modern U.S. choice-of-law principles and rules for resolving disputes involving multiple jurisdictions.
E. Copyright: Cases and Materials
"Copyright: Cases and Materials" is a leading law school casebook on U.S. copyright law, co-authored by Jane C. Ginsburg and widely used for teaching and scholarly reference.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Restatement of the Law ⓘ legal treatise ⓘ secondary legal authority ⓘ
aimsTo	influence development of tort doctrine ⓘ reflect majority rules in American tort law ⓘ
author	American Law Institute ⓘ
citationForm	Restatement (Third) of Torts self-link ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedBy	Reporters appointed by the American Law Institute ⓘ
focusesOn	apportionment of liability ⓘ liability for economic loss ⓘ liability for emotional harm ⓘ liability for physical harm ⓘ negligence ⓘ products liability ⓘ strict liability ⓘ
hasPart	Restatement (Third) of Torts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Apportionment of Liability Restatement (Third) of Torts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons Restatement (Third) of Torts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Economic Harm Restatement (Third) of Torts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm Restatement (Third) of Torts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, Volume 1 Restatement (Third) of Torts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, Volume 2 Restatement (Third) of Torts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability
intendedAudience	courts ⓘ legal practitioners ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	persuasive authority ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law ⓘ
methodology	formulation of black-letter rules with comments and illustrations ⓘ restatement of common law rules ⓘ
partOfSeries	Restatements of the Law ⓘ
predecessor	Restatement (Second) of Torts ⓘ
publisher	American Law Institute ⓘ
purpose	to clarify principles of tort law ⓘ to modernize principles of tort law ⓘ
subject	tort law ⓘ
topic	assumption of risk ⓘ causation in fact ⓘ comparative responsibility ⓘ defenses in tort law ⓘ duty of care ⓘ intentional torts ⓘ joint and several liability ⓘ scope of liability ⓘ
usedBy	federal courts in the United States ⓘ state courts in the United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Law Institute → notableWork → Restatement (Third) of Torts ⓘ

Restatements of the Law → hasPart → Restatement (Third) of Torts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Restatement of the Law of Torts (Third)

Restatement (Second) of Torts → successor → Restatement (Third) of Torts ⓘ