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Is Private Law Tort Adjudication a Public Good? The Case of Dissipation of Damages
LawsLump sum compensatory damages awarded through court adjudication are regarded as the proper result of tort personal injury litigation delivering corrective justice to worthy plaintiffs and delivering public statements of moral blameworthiness.
Prue Vines, Kylie Burns
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Tort Reform and Accidental Deaths [PDF]
Theory suggests that tort reform could have either of two impacts on accidents. First, reforms could increase accidents as tortfeasors internalize less of the costs of externalities, and thus, have less incentive to reduce the risk of accidents.
Rubin, Paul H., Shepherd, Joanna M.
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Reasons, Mistakes, and Excuses
The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 3, Page 439-466, May 2026.Drawing on the theory of practical reasons, John Gardner has offered a seminal account of excuses in criminal law. His proposal is that an excuse asserts that the defendant acted for what she justifiably believed to be sufficient reason for her to perform the offending act although she had no such reason.
Andreas Vassiliou
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Regulation vs. the Market: The Case of Bicycle Safety (Part I) [PDF]
, 1991 This part of the article describes events leading to the creation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission - and the on-going debate between those who believe safety regulation is necessary and those who believe that market forces can achieve acceptable
Petty, Ross D.
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Size‐based regulation and water quality: Evidence from the Iowa hog industry
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 108, Issue 3, Page 829-855, May 2026.Abstract The growing prevalence of animal feeding operations (AFOs) in the United States raises concerns among the public and regulators about their impact on local environmental quality. By linking historical regulatory records of AFOs in Iowa to downstream surface water pollution monitors, this paper studies the effects of the 2003 Clean Water Act ...
Chen‐Ti Chen +3 more
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Book Review: Deforming Tort Reform [PDF]
, 1990 The storms buffeting the tort system over the past two decades have come in three distinct waves. In the late 1960s, steep increases in the insurance costs incurred by health care providers protecting against negligence claims by patients triggered what ...
Page, Joseph A.
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Thai Wild Berry Pickers in Finland Under Contradictory Migration Regimes
International Migration, Volume 64, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines the contradictory migration regimes governing seasonal migration of Thai nationals—predominantly farmers from Isan Region with strong migration aspirations—who travel to pick wild berries in Finland. Migration policy analysis and 14 semi‐structured interviews with key social actors reveal the contested status of Thai wild ...
Kwanchanok Jaisuekun, Sirijit Sunanta
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Pressure Injury Malpractice Litigation: A Retrospective Medicolegal Study
International Wound Journal, Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Medical malpractice imposes a substantial clinical and economic burden worldwide. Pressure injuries (PIs) are amongst the most frequently litigated adverse events and represent a major source of preventable patient harm. To characterise the medicolegal landscape of PI‐related malpractice, the Westlaw legal database was queried for cases ...
Daniel A. Rabin +9 more
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Medical Malpractice: Impact of the Crisis and Effect of State Tort Reforms [PDF]
, 2006 Reviews research on the malpractice crisis and examines data on how volatile malpractice environments affect healthcare delivery and how state tort reforms affect premiums, frequency of claims, payouts, and physician supply.
Michelle M. Mello
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Effects of Force Majeure on Employer’s Liability [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Khuṣūṣī, 2013 Where required elements of liability are established, the agent for theinjurious action shall be held liable. Nonetheless, the injurious agent may notalways be the wrongdoer; in other words there may be other causes whichmay contribute in infliction of ...
Zohreh Nikfarjam
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