侵權法同財產法和合同法一道，被稱為是普通法體繫的精髓或基石，是自諾曼底人奪得英國王位以後緩慢而有序發展演變而來的。*初，對於人身傷害的處理同我們*直觀的感覺一樣，是按照刑法以公訴處置的。隨後，侵權行為與犯罪行為剝離開來，成為民事訴訟的一部分。而被訴侵權的權利內容，加害人應遵循的行為準則及違反這些準則的行為（即所謂過失），則是自始至終飄忽變化不定的，這也是普通法的精髓所在。
鄭小軍著的《侵權法(普通法案例教學繫列英文教材)(英文版)》通過美國法院判例原文，繫統介紹了過錯原則、訴因、不可預見性、抗辯理由、侵權救濟、醫療事故、嚴格產品責任、精神損害賠償、誣陷、隱私權和侵害經濟權等內容。

Chapter Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
Unintentional Harm
Hammontree v. Jenner
Supplemental Reading
Ⅰ. Ashtray Falling from Above
Ⅱ. Definition of Tort Law (Selected)
Ⅲ. For Every Wrong There is a Remedy ... Or is There
Chapter Ⅱ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅰ)
Standard of Care
Probability, Burden and Liability
United States v. Carroll Towing Co.
Negligence
Davison v. Snohomish County
Effect of Statute
Martin v. Herzog
Standard of Care and Unreasonable Risk
Adams v. Bullock
Aggravated Negligence
Chapter Ⅲ NEGLIGENCE (Ⅱ)
Proof of Negligence
Byrne v. Boadle
Larson v. St. Francis Hotel
Multiple Defendants
Ybarra v. Spangard
Chapter Ⅳ CAUSATION
Cause in Fact
Perkins v. Texas and New Orleans Ry. Co.
Summers v. Tice
Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories
Chapter Ⅴ UNFORESEEABLE CONSEQUENCES
Unexpected Result
In re an Arbitration Between Polemisand AnotherAnd Furness,
Withy Co., Ltd.
Unexpected Victim
Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Co.
Proximate Cause
Petition of Kinsman Transit Co.
Intervening Causes
Derdiarian v. Felix Contracting Corp.
Secondary Accidents
McCoy v. American Suzuki Motor Corp.
Chapter Ⅵ DEFENSES (Ⅰ)
Plaintiff’s Conduct: Contributory & Comparative Negligence
Contributory Negligence
Butterfield v. Forrester
Comparative Negligence
Daly v. General Motors Corporation
Assumption of Risk
Winterstein v. Wilcom
Assumption of Implied Risk