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The Case Of The Unwary Home Buyer: The Housing Merchant Did It, E. F. Roberts
The Case Of The Unwary Home Buyer: The Housing Merchant Did It, E. F. Roberts
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The author points up the decline of caveat emptor as a viable doctrine governing the sale of new homes and analyzes the emergence of implied warranty as a remedy for both structural deficiencies and personal injuries. He argues that the concept of implied warranty tends to obfuscate real distinctions between the builder-vendor’s responsibility for the material integrity of a new home and for personal injuries occasioned by defects therein, concluding that legislation is needed to reestablish a system of order in the law.
Strict Liability In Tort: A Modest Proposal, David G. Epstein
Strict Liability In Tort: A Modest Proposal, David G. Epstein
Law Faculty Publications
Centuries ago, the noted Irish satirist, Jonathan Swift, made a "modest proposal' that the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle remedy a severe food shortage they were experiencing by eating their young. To some, a proposal of the adoption of strict liability in tort-regardless of how limited-is no more a modest proposal than Mr. Swift's. It is submitted that this opposition to strict liability in tort is at least in part due to a misunderstanding of the present state of the law as to a manufacturer's liability to injured consumers. In most jurisdictions, the adoption of strict liability in tort for …
Implied Warranties In The Sale Of New Houses - Bethlahmy V. Bechtel
Implied Warranties In The Sale Of New Houses - Bethlahmy V. Bechtel
Maryland Law Review
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