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Strategically Pleading Intentional Torts in medical cases

, 2015
The opportunities and challenges faced by litigants who strategically plead intentional torts are borne out by two recent medical cases. Both arose out of dental treatment.
Cockburn, Tina, Madden, Bill
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Indoctrination and Democratic Legitimacy

Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I argue that indoctrination undermines voter competence, and that widespread indoctrination thereby compromises the legitimacy of otherwise free and fair elections. Drawing on recent work in virtue epistemology, I provide an epistemic account of indoctrination according to which one is indoctrinated only if they hold an epistemically impactful
James H. McIntyre
wiley   +1 more source

Contextualising Hohfeld's Analysis of Rights: Legal Relations and the Rule of Law

Ratio Juris, EarlyView.
Abstract More than a century ago, W. N. Hohfeld offered the most influential analysis of rights to date. However, his classification has rarely been received without criticism. Many of the objections to his framework stem from the longstanding debate between interest and will theories of rights.
Paulo Baptista Caruso MacDonald
wiley   +1 more source

Australian Torts Law [4th Edition]

, 2016
"Australian Torts Law provides clear and accessible explanation and analysis of tort law in Australia. An understanding of the fundamental principles derived from both statute and the common law is fostered through engaging discussion of legislation and ...
Stickley, Amanda P.
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Common and civil law approaches to tort‐based corporate climate litigation: A comparative case law review

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.
Abstract As corporate climate litigation intensifies globally, litigants consistently encounter the same procedural and substantive hurdles: duty of care, standing and causation. Success in navigating these hurdles has been sporadic, and most existing inquiry has sought to understand these trends according to geographical or case‐type lenses.
Calum MacLaren
wiley   +1 more source

Torts

, 2012
Torts is an introductory text to the law of torts in Australia. The text covers negligence, vicarious liability, trespass to land, trespass to the person, nuisance, breach of statutory duty, defamation and damages. The second edition of the text includes
Walsh, Greg, Howe, Sarah, Rooney, Patrick   +2 more
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Toward Transparent Global Governance? Human Rights Due Diligence in the European Union

Regulation &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

An overview of social inflation in the US property and casualty insurance industry in 2025

Risk Management and Insurance Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines social inflation in the US property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry, exploring its definition, origins, and key drivers. We highlight its evolution over time and growing significance in 2025, and we discuss potential strategies for insurers, reinsurers, and policymakers to mitigate its impact in the future.
Marie‐Laure Badiel, Georges Dionne
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Cases on Torts

, 1930
Little need be said about the merits of this, without doubt, the best case book available upon the law of torts. The development of the subject during so brief a period as the five years since the last edition is justification for the present ...
Harper, Fowler
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Generative AI and the Future of Musical Diversity

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract I argue that the current proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) represents a new stage in a longer historical process of distancing humans from their unique individual psyches and of reducing participation and cultural diversity in music. The argument consists of six parts: (1) reiterating the uniqueness of individual psyches,
Dor Shilton
wiley   +1 more source