Economics of tort law; 2v.
9781845424541 Economics of tort law; 2v. Ed. by Alan O. Sykes. Edward Elgar Publishing 2007 1324 pages $615.00 Hardcover Economic approaches to law; 11 KF1251 Tort law was an...

Legal issues in disease outbreaks: judicial review of public health powers.
Introduction The outbreak of serious, infectious disease like severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS] or pandemic influenza demands public health action to contain the spread of contagion and limit the magnitude of individual and social harm. Public health actions during an acute outbreak situation will likely involve interferences...

Choice of law and predictability of decisions in products liability cases.
The tale of American choice of law principles has become the story of a thousand and one inconsistent tort cases. (1) --Alan Reed INTRODUCTION The unique political landscape of the United States, where each state is a sovereign over its territory and can...

Accountability of public authorities through contextualized determinations of vicarious liability and non-delegable duties.
INTRODUCTION This paper focuses on those persons who suffer injuries from another's performance of contracted government services and whom may not have access to effective remedies because of narrow and de-contextualized constructions of when vicarious liability and breach of non-delegable duties arise. The need to protect such...

Animal law comes into its own: as Americans place more value - monetarily and otherwise - on pets, the importance of animal law is growing. Here's an Illinois-focused look at this emerging.
What on earth is this thing called animal law? Is the idea to give chimpanzees the right to vote? Spotted owls and snail darters the right to own land? Will cats be suing their owners for feeding them store brand food instead of Fancy Feast? And, pray tell, how...

No duty to warn, Illinois high court holds: the court reaffirms the rule that Party A has no duty to warn Party B about a threat posed by Party C unless there's a special relationship between A and B.
Someone with whom you used to do business has made threats against another of your former business associates, blaming that individual for ruining his life. Have you any duty to warn the latter person? In a unanimous opinion (in which one justice took no part), the Illinois...

A new prescription for disclosure: reformulating the rules for the Norwich order.
I INTRODUCTION II THE ORIGINS OF THE ORDER III THIRD PARTY INTERMEDIARIES: THE CLASS OF RESPONDENTS The Mere Witness Rule The "Only Practicable Source" Requirement Summary IV THE THRESHOLD FOR AN ORDER V SCOPE OF THE INFORMATION VI BALANCING OF INTERESTS Privacy Confidentiality Breach of Confidence Defamation VII CONCLUSION...

Antitrust violations.
I. INTRODUCTION II. ELEMENTS OF THE OFFENSE A. Conspiracy B. Restraint of Trade C. Interstate Nexus D. Intent III. DEFENSES A. Withdrawal from Conspiracy B. Statute of Limitations C. Double Jeopardy D. Single Entity E. Respondeat Superior F. Meeting Competition G. State Action Immunity H. Petitioning the Government I....

Liability and compensation for harm caused by nuclear activities.
I. INTRODUCTION The body of customary international environmental law has its foundation in cases such as the Trail Smelter Arbitration, (2) which utilized the no-harm rule and the polluter-pays principle, and it is now drawing upon more specific norms that build on these earlier rules, such as...

Class actions against the Crown: a substitution for judicial review on administrative law grounds?
INTRODUCTION Class actions against the Crown do not fit neatly in existing private law or public law paradigms. Private law liability tends to flow from discrete duties owed to specific individuals or groups, while judicial review at public law is premised on public duties such as the...