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La Reedificación Conceptual De La Responsabilidad Extracontractual Objetiva, Gastón Fernández Cruz, Leysser L. León
La Reedificación Conceptual De La Responsabilidad Extracontractual Objetiva, Gastón Fernández Cruz, Leysser L. León
Leysser L. León
El artículo 1970 del Código Civil peruano incluye una cláusula normativa general de responsabilidad civil por actividades riesgosas y peligrosas. En las páginas de este ensayo se enmarca históricamente y desde una perspectiva comparatística dicha novedad legislativa, que convive con el régimen tradicional de la responsabilidad civil basada en la culpa.
Wrongful Abortion: A Wrong In Search Of A Remedy, Ronen Perry, Yehuda Adar
Wrongful Abortion: A Wrong In Search Of A Remedy, Ronen Perry, Yehuda Adar
Ronen Perry
Wrongful abortion is an abortion that a pregnant woman is induced to undergo by a negligent conduct (usually a medical misrepresentation). For example, early in her pregnancy a woman is told by her physician that a medication that she had taken would cause her baby to be born with a severe birth defect. Based on the expert opinion, she decides to undergo an abortion. Only after the abortion does she learn that the advice regarding the baby's health was a negligent misrepresentation, and that the termination of the pregnancy was unnecessary. Underlying our article is a fundamental intuition that the …
Whiten V. Pilot Ins. Co.: The Unofficial Death Of The Independent Wrong Requirement And Official Birth Of Punitive Damages In Contract, Yehuda Adar Dr.
Whiten V. Pilot Ins. Co.: The Unofficial Death Of The Independent Wrong Requirement And Official Birth Of Punitive Damages In Contract, Yehuda Adar Dr.
Yehuda Adar Dr.
Three years have passed since the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its controversial decision in Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co. In that case, the Court affirmed an almost unprecedented punitive damage award by a jury of one million dollars against an insurance company. More importantly, the Whiten decision appears to be the first attempt by the Supreme Court to construct a comprehensive set of rules and principles in light of which punitive damages cases should be decided in the future. While the extraordinary monetary sanction upheld by the Court has attracted much attention in legal and commercial circles, it seems …
Intention Et Lien De Causalité Dans Le Droit Comparé De La Responsabilité Civile (La Fable Très Peu Convenue De La Malice Qui Accroche), Mauro Bussani
Intention Et Lien De Causalité Dans Le Droit Comparé De La Responsabilité Civile (La Fable Très Peu Convenue De La Malice Qui Accroche), Mauro Bussani
Mauro Bussani
The goal of the essay is to discuss the role that a person’s malice may play in Western tort laws. To this purpose, the paper examines how the finding of the defendant’s malice may: (i) make the victim’s or a third party’s contribution to the injury appear negligible; (ii) blur the distinction between acts and omissions; (iii) relax the notions of proximity and remoteness; and (iv) extend the range of consequences for which the defendant can be held liable.
La Reedificación Conceptual De La Responsabilidad Extracontractual Objetiva, Gastón Fernández Cruz, Leysser L. León
La Reedificación Conceptual De La Responsabilidad Extracontractual Objetiva, Gastón Fernández Cruz, Leysser L. León
Gastón Fernández Cruz
No abstract provided.
De La Culpa Ética A La Responsabilidad Subjetiva: ¿El Mito De Sísifo?, Gastón Fernández Cruz
De La Culpa Ética A La Responsabilidad Subjetiva: ¿El Mito De Sísifo?, Gastón Fernández Cruz
Gastón Fernández Cruz
No abstract provided.