State farm and punitive damages: call the jury back.
INTRODUCTION The jury sits at the center of our democratic republic, of our constitutional system of checks and balances, and of the guarantees of liberty set out in our Bill of Rights. If this proposition seems remarkable, it is because Americans' right to trial by jury in...

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.
Byline: The Register-Guard The Register-Guard welcomes letters on topics of general interest. Our length limit is 250 words; all letters are subject to condensation. Writers are limited to one letter per calendar month. Because of the volume of mail, not all letters can be printed. Letters must...

The spurious relationship between moral blameworthiness and liability for negligence.
[Traditional learning maintains that liability for negligence is ultimately premised on notions of moral blameworthiness. It is thought that the legal principles which define the scope of negligence loosely conform to such notions. This article challenges that view. While there is a certain amount of evidence which supports the...

Tilting at Windmills.
Red Light Runners * Ivy Singles * Lady Lawyers Suspicious Surpluses * Corona and Verona * The Buckley Conflict TREASURY SECRETARY PAUL O'Neill made a speech on March 31, suggesting that the government "should be able to close down businesses that do not meet a...