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La escasa doctrina nacional en materia de regulación sobre seguros, ha sostenido una fuerte crítica a lo dispuesto en el inciso segundo del artículo 513 del Código de Comercio, norma que, al contener la expresión caso fortuito hace insuficiente la ...
Roberto Ríos Ossa
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This paper gives an account of the actus reus for a criminal attempt. Conduct that is more than merely preparatory, we argue, intrudes on the same protected domain as the complete offence. This takes a normative approach to actus reus, focusing on the reasons that the defendant acted against.
Angelo Ryu, Trenton Sewell
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"Are We There Yet?": Towards a New Rule for Choice of Law in Tort
The Supreme Court's effort to establish certainty in this area by basing a firm rule on a clear theory has failed. The intention was laudable but the proposed theory bore little relation to the courts' adjudicative concerns; and the rule sometimes ...
Janet Walker
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The Theory of Tort Doctrine and the Restatement of Torts
The lack of detailed implications and general failure to come to grips with important features of tort doctrine have been substantial shortcomings in the dominant positive theory framework of Holmes and Posner. I extend the dominant framework below to enable it to justify various intentional tort doctrines, and the specific form and allocation of ...
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Exemplary damages are commonly understood as public interest awards. This article explores the logical implications of understanding them in this way for a tort claimant's rights of action and settlement, and for the proper distribution of awards. One implication, it suggests, is that settlements, being compromises of public ends, should require court ...
Kit Barker
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ABSTRACT Background This study investigated the frequency and characteristics of patient injuries related to Otorhinolaryngology—head and neck surgery (ORL‐HNS) in Finland from 2012 to 2023, with a focus on common complications, trends in injury frequency and comparisons with previous studies.
Alexander Westerholm +6 more
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Expert Asymmetry: Evidence From Securities Litigation
ABSTRACT Modern litigation often involves two separate, extra‐legal features: (1) contingency fee arrangements with the plaintiff‐side attorney, and (2) a “battle of the experts” where the outcome of the case rests on conflicting expert witness testimony.
Adam Callister +2 more
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Primary Glaucoma in a Litter of Lop Rabbits
ABSTRACT Objective To describe pectinate ligament dysplasia (PLD) and primary glaucoma in a litter of adult Lop rabbits. Animals Studied A litter of six adult Lop rabbits, three males and three females. Procedures The animals were surrendered to the shelter.
Melaney A. Mayes +5 more
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Fundamental rights protect individual legal status from any arbitrary state actions or torts committed by private parties. However, such rights may also involve warranties concerning organization and procedural issues in which their enforcement is at ...
José Cabrera Rodríguez
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Law and Ethics of Nanotechnology: Traditional Legal Tools Advancing Nanomedicine
Science fiction from the last decades is rapidly becoming science in daily life. For example, nanotechnology does cool things like creating driverless cars for people who are blind and storing solar energy to drive electric cars. Nanotechnology makes possible 3D printing of housing, clothing, and food and miraculous treatments for previously incurable ...
Ilise Feitshans
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