The Measure of Injury: Race, Gender, and Tort Law - Hardcoverby Martha Chamallas (Author), Jennifer B. Wriggins (Author) Tort law is the body of law governing negligence, intentional misconduct, and other wrongful acts for which civil actions can be brought. The conventional wisdom is that the rules, concepts, and structures of tort law are neutral and unbiased, free of considerations of gender and race. In The Measure of Injury, Martha Chamallas and Jennifer Wriggins prove that tort law is anything but gender