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Aplicaciones Prácticas Del Behavioral Law And Economics: ¿Superando Sesgos Cognitivos?, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco
Aplicaciones Prácticas Del Behavioral Law And Economics: ¿Superando Sesgos Cognitivos?, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco
Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco
En las últimas décadas los postulados del Law and Economics tradicional han venido sufriendo una serie de acotaciones por parte de los académicos de las denominadas ciencias conductuales. A pesar de las pruebas empíricas que se ofrecen para sustentar las objeciones elevadas, un sector tradicionalista se empeña, una y otra vez, en alegar la poca utilidad de esta visión alternativa. Es por esta razón que se reseñarán algunas de sus posibles aplicaciones.
Construction Defects: Are They “Occurrences”?, Chris French
Construction Defects: Are They “Occurrences”?, Chris French
Christopher C. French
An issue in the area of insurance law that has been litigated frequently in recent years is whether construction defects are “occurrences” under Commercial General Liability (“CGL”) insurance policies. The courts have been divided in deciding the issue and in their approaches to analyzing the issue. This article addresses how the issue should be analyzed and concludes that construction defects are “occurrences”.
The relevant rules of insurance policy interpretation dictate that construction defects are “occurrences”. Policy language should be interpreted in such a way as to fulfill the reasonable expectations of the policyholder when the policy is construed as a …