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Iqbal And Supervisory Immunity, Kit Kinports

Kit Kinports

Prior to the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, the federal courts generally acknowledged that high-ranking government officials could be held liable for the constitutional injuries inflicted by their subordinates, though they differed on the appropriate standard of supervisory liability. In Iqbal, the Supreme Court called this case law into question, holding that constitutional tort liability hinges on proof that each defendant, “through the official’s own individual actions, has violated the Constitution.” The Court’s cursory treatment of this issue, without the benefit of briefing or oral argument, was based entirely on the misguided assumption that the doctrine of …

Harper, James And Gray On Torts, 2016-1 Cumulative Supplement To Volumes 1-5, Christopher Robinette, Oscar Gray, Donald Gifford

Christopher J Robinette

Alternative Medicine And The Doctrine Of Patient Disclosure, Richard Haigh

Richard Haigh

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The Corporate Conspiracy Vacuum (Formerly "Corporate Conspiracy: How Not Calling A Conspiracy A Conspiracy Is Warping The Law On Corporate Wrongdoing"), J.S. Nelson

J.S. Nelson

Las Externalidades Y El Criterio De Imputación En La Responsabilidad Extracontractual: Estrategia De Precios Vs. Estrategia De Sanciones (Primera Parte), Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Toxic Torts In A Nutshell, Jean Eggen

Jean M. Eggen

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Constitutional Torts: Cases, Comments And Questions (With M. Wells Et Al.), Sheldon Nahmod

Sheldon Nahmod

Opportunism As Crucible: Rethinking Equity In View Of Reliance Interests And Legal Evolution, John Ehrett

John Ehrett

This Article offers and defends a nuanced definition of opportunism in the context of legal decision-making by differentiating between opportunism in the broad sense and the particularized phenomenon of cognizably malignant opportunism. It subsequently proceeds by developing a normative critique of the case for broader invocation of counter opportunistic equitable remedies, alongside a defense of the reliance and gap-filling functions performed by opportunistic actors. Centrally, I challenge the suggestion that the existence of opportunism in private law warrants a revival of the doctrines of ex post equity. I argue instead that opportunism serves an important structural purpose where the evolution …

In Mourning Of Bereavement Damages, Iain Field

Iain Field

In most Australian jurisdictions, bereavement is not compensable in an action for wrongful death. Unless such loss can be shown to amount to a recognised psychiatric injury, it is also precluded from recovery in the law of negligence. But why must a plaintiff demonstrate some reaction to the death of a loved one that transcends mere grief before the civil law will compensate his or her loss? Are Australian jurisdictions unusual in precluding such awards, and can this exclusion be rationalised with the compensation of non-pecuniary loss (including bereavement) in other areas of the law?

A Place At The Table: What Food Litigation Tells Us About The Function Of Tort Law, Melissa Mortazavi

Melissa Mortazavi

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Alter Rules Of Liability, Yaniv Heled

Yaniv Heled

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Who's The Boss? Unmasking Oversight Liability Within The Corporate Power Puzzle, Anne Tucker

Anne Tucker

This article explores the competing interests between director authority and accountability within the doctrinal developments underpinning the arguments for and against director oversight liability. The historic losses suffered by companies entangled in the web of subprime mortgages, collateralized debt holdings, and the ensuing credit crisis have brought the role of corporate directors as risk managers under renewed public scrutiny. Directors' authority and their accountability to shareholders are two critical pieces to striking the appropriate balance among the roles, rights, and responsibilities of directors, officers, shareholders, and other corporate constituencies who operate within the corporate power puzzle. Numerous shareholder derivative suits …

Developing A Student's "Thought Monitor", Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

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Federal Preemption Of Claims Based On Cell Phone Hazards: Farina V. Nokia And The Road To The U.S. Supreme Court, Jean Eggen

Jean M. Eggen

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Breve Itinerario Por Las Teorías Del Civil Law Sobre La Personalidad Jurídica: Su Impacto En El Common Law Y En El Levantamiento Del Velo Societario, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Deconstruyendo Al Homo Economicus: Una Revisión Conductual A Un Paradigma Del Law And Economics, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

A Retreat From Bryan V Maloney In Australia?, Cheng Lim Saw, Gary Kok Yew Chan, Andrew Phang

Cheng L Saw

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Anns And Junior Books Again? A View From Singapore, Andrew Phang, Gary Kok Yew Chan, Cheng Lim Saw

Cheng L Saw

No abstract provided.

Is Anns Alive And Well In Singapore?, Cheng Lim Saw

Cheng L Saw

No abstract provided.

Análisis Crítico De La Teoría De Gabriele Faggela Sobre La Responsabilidad Precontractual: Revisitando (O Reconociendo) A Un Clásico, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Punitive Damages And The Public Health Agenda, Jean Eggen

Jean M. Eggen

No abstract provided.

Why I Teach, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

No abstract provided.

Using "Forensic Irac" To Teach Students To Write, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

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Teaching Controversial Topics, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid

Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid

At the 2009 Future of Family Law Education conference at the William Mitchell School of Law, the authors participated in a panel discussing strategies for teaching controversial topics, which focused on teaching reproductive rights and related gender issues. This essay collects some of the strategies discussed at the conference. First we address what constitutes a “controversial” legal topic, outlining the several different ways in which a topic might be or become controversial within the context of a particular class. Next, we discuss the importance of laying the groundwork, throughout the semester, for the anticipated—and unanticipated— discussions surrounding controversial topics and …

Obstaculos Juridicos Y Economicos A La Aplicacion De La Teoria Del Incumplimiento Eficiente: ¿Un Irritante Juridico O Una Figura De Aplicacion Imposible?, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

¿Interpretamos La Voluntad Del Testador O Sólo Lo Literalmente Expresado En El Testamento?: Consideraciones Desde La Óptica De La Comparación Jurídica, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Suing The Tobacco And Lead Pigment Industries: Government Litigation As Public Health Prescription, Donald G. Gifford

Donald G Gifford

In Suing the Tobacco and Lead Pigment Industries, legal scholar Donald G. Gifford recounts the transformation of tort litigation in response to the challenge posed by victims of 21st-century public health crises who seek compensation from the product manufacturers. Class action litigation promised a strategy for documenting collective harm, but an increasingly conservative judicial and political climate limited this strategy. Then, in 1995, Mississippi attorney general Mike Moore initiated a parens patriae action on behalf of the state against cigarette manufacturers. Forty-five other states soon filed public product liability actions, seeking both compensation for the funds spent on public health …

Faculty Colloquia, Spring 2009 Series, Alfred Brophy, Dennis Crouch, Zanita Fenton, Mitu Gulati, Scott Hershovitz, Christine Hurt, Joseph Miller, Juliet Moringiello, Robert Rhee, Robert Steinbuch, Brian Tamanaha

Robert Rhee

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Toxic Torts In A Nutshell, Jean Eggen

Jean M. Eggen

No abstract provided.

The Bar Exam In A Nutshell, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus

Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus

This edition walks you through the entire bar preparation process from getting a head start during your last year of law school to taking the exam. It provides guidelines for selecting a bar review course, bar planner checklists, advice on how to manage the material you cover in bar review courses, and advice on how to learn the law so you can remember it and use it to answer exam questions. It identifies the basic skills the exam tests and the precise manner in which these skills are tested, showing you how to target your study efforts to maximize results.