ABSTRACT
Forty years ago the present writer participated in one of the most entertaining of law school classes: Professor Harry Kalven's picturesquely entitled course on "Redress of Certain Harms", perhaps better described as "Torts minus Auto Accidents". Professor Kalven published a casebook on torts in 1959, at the same time as a book on court delay generated by his University of Chicago Jury Project. Professor Kalven's writings on progressive taxation and on the tort system exhibited a skepticism about the conventional liberal agenda, while his writings on First Amendment issues rendered him a frequent ally of, if not hero to, the far left. Kalven turns to a discussion of First Amendment restrictions on legislative investigation. He suggested that the defamation material and that relating to commercial torts be taught as an advanced course in the second year: the "injuries are to relationships, rather than to person or property".
