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LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF TORT LAW IN AMERICA AND FRANCE

open access: yesStrani pravni život, 2009
The subject of analysis in this study are the legal and economic aspects of the tort law in America and France. In the first part of the study, the author shows modern insights of an economic analysis of the tort law in America.
Aleksandar Mojašević
doaj  

Knowledge Work as a Condition of Accumulation in the Pesticide Industry: Syngenta's Defence of Paraquat

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What do pesticide companies do to keep their products on the market despite strong societal and scientific critiques of their environmental and health risks? This paper examines the herbicide paraquat, one of the most controversial pesticides, from the early 1960s to the present.
Kees Jansen
wiley   +1 more source

Do deepfakes, digital replicas and human digital twins justify personality rights?

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Unauthorised deepfakes are deeply problematic, from the spreading of misinformation to non‐consensual pornographic content. This paper asks whether deepfakes, digital replicas and human digital twins justify personality rights. To address this question, it examines the harms that deepfakes can cause through disinformation, demeaning content ...
Hayleigh Bosher
wiley   +1 more source

English tort law and the pandemic: the dog that has not barked. [PDF]

open access: yesGeneva Pap Risk Insur Issues Pract, 2023
Howarth D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Directors’ Duties and Corporate Social Responsibility under German Law – Is Tort Law Litigation Changing the Picture?

open access: yesNordic Journal of Commercial Law, 2017
This article discusses the right and a potential duty of directors to pursue CSR policies under German law. It first explains the two main duties of directors: to make sure that the company complies with its legal obligations, which has been broadly ...
Peter Rott
doaj   +1 more source

“Hold on, I'm comin'”: Copyright, political campaigns, and the limits of songwriter control

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how songwriters in the United States object to the unwanted performance of their musical works at live political events, and the legal options available to challenge such uses. Prompted by the repeated use of ‘Hold On, I'm Comin'’ as outro music at Donald Trump's campaign events between 2020 and 2024, and the recent ...
Joel Cooper, Marie Hadley
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Transparent Global Governance? Human Rights Due Diligence in the European Union

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transparency is a key concern in global governance scholarship, yet its contribution to good governance remains deeply ambivalent. Scholars are increasingly questioning the idea of transparency as a silver bullet, emphasizing the need to better understand its potential, pitfalls, and regulatory challenges.
Janne Mende, Richard Georgi
wiley   +1 more source

Law and Economics of Obligations [PDF]

open access: yes
While various liability rules of tort law provide efficient incentives to invest, breach remedies of contract law are claimed to be distortive. Since, at least in Germany, obligations law provides general rules for both contractual and tort relationships
Urs Schweizer
core  

LOS ÚLTIMOS AVANCES EN LA CODIFICACIÓN DEL DERECHO CIVIL CHINO THE LASTEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CODIFICATION OF CHINESE CIVIL LAW

open access: yesRevista Chilena de Derecho, 2009
I. Introducción: breve historia y situación actual del Derecho Civil chino: A. Los Principios Generales de Derecho Civil (PGDC); B. Las leyes especiales, civiles y comerciales, y las disposiciones de Derecho Público (fundamentalmente administrativas ...
Lihong Zhang
doaj  

Tort Law as Risk Allocation Contract : Some Critical Remarks on the Regulatory Deterrence Model

open access: yesInstitutiones Administrationis
The standard economic analysis of law has modelled tort liabilities as the state’s instruments to reduce accident costs, comprising prevention costs and damages.
Tze-Shiou Chien
doaj   +1 more source

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