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Litigating Incest Torts Under Homeowner's Insurance Policies, Christine Cleary
Litigating Incest Torts Under Homeowner's Insurance Policies, Christine Cleary
Golden Gate University Law Review
This Comment will address insurers' liability for incest torts under standard homeowner's insurance policies. It primarily will examine potential liability in light of the intentional act and household exclusions which are typically contained in homeowner's policies.
Gender Issues And The Prosser, Wade And Schwartz Torts Casebook, Carl Tobias
Gender Issues And The Prosser, Wade And Schwartz Torts Casebook, Carl Tobias
Golden Gate University Law Review
The first section of the piece affords a general examination of many aspects of the Prosser casebook that involve issues of gender. This overview should enhance the understanding of readers, especially those persons not accustomed to thinking consciously in terms of gender, while providing a setting for the specific assessment in the second segment of the paper. That section explores how issues implicating gender can arise in the classroom context of learning and teaching from Prosser's materials on affirmative causes of action for intentional torts to persons and privileges to those torts. The final part reflects on the future of …
Adult Adoption: A "New" Legal Tool For Lesbians And Gay Men, Peter N. Fowler
Adult Adoption: A "New" Legal Tool For Lesbians And Gay Men, Peter N. Fowler
Golden Gate University Law Review
This Comment explores the current statutory framework for adult adoption, the parameters of the legal relationship created, and the scope of the right to privacy issues involved in the exercise of this statutory right. In addition, possible motives individuals may have for utilizing adult adoption, the need for attorneys to identify potential problem areas for their clients, and the potential disadvantages of such a legal relationship, particularly with respect to the dynamics of the individuals' relationship, are discussed.