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Battery And Beyond: A Tort Law Response To Environmental Racism, Kathy Seward Northern Jun 1997

Battery And Beyond: A Tort Law Response To Environmental Racism, Kathy Seward Northern

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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"Shovels First And Lawyers Later": A Collision Course For Cercla Cleanups And Environmental Tort Claims, Gregory M. Romano Apr 1997

"Shovels First And Lawyers Later": A Collision Course For Cercla Cleanups And Environmental Tort Claims, Gregory M. Romano

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Reconceptualizing Strict Liability In Tort: An Overview, Martin A. Kotler Apr 1997

Reconceptualizing Strict Liability In Tort: An Overview, Martin A. Kotler

Vanderbilt Law Review

In a series of books and articles, Professor Marshall Shapo has developed the idea of American tort law as a "cultural mirror"--a legal system reflecting cultural norms that serves as the "intellectual and practical foundation for society's response to injuries." The "cultural mirror" metaphor captures both the notion that there is a substantive normative basis for tort law that exists within society and the procedural notion that tort law ensures that those underlying norms are reflected in the resolution of tort disputes.

Although I believe Professor Shapo's description to be fundamentally correct, it is also incomplete, and, as a result, …


Mass Tort Litigation: Congress's Silent, But Deadly, Reform Effort, Mary J. Davis Apr 1997

Mass Tort Litigation: Congress's Silent, But Deadly, Reform Effort, Mary J. Davis

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This article explores the ways in which The Common Sense Product Liability and Legal

Reform Act (“Act”) treats mass tort litigation issues. The Act does so both directly and indirectly. The direct methods of reform are mostly industry-specific and, thus, almost inconsequential in contrast to the indirect treatment. The indirect, almost clandestine, methods of reform are the most insidious and provide the most cause for concern as Congress once again attempts to "reform" products liability by reintroducing the Act in 1997. Given the President's early indication that a reform measure could meet with his approval, but that this one in …


Foreword, Jean M. Eggen Jan 1997

Foreword, Jean M. Eggen

Jean M. Eggen

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Transferred Intent: Should Its "Curious Survival" Continue?, Osborne M. Reynolds Jr. Jan 1997

Transferred Intent: Should Its "Curious Survival" Continue?, Osborne M. Reynolds Jr.

Oklahoma Law Review

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Torts: Kirkpatrick V. Chrysler Corp.--Are YouSatisfied--Oklahoma's Rigid Application Of The One Satisfaction Rule Is Not So Rigid Anymore, Christopher T. Moore Jan 1997

Torts: Kirkpatrick V. Chrysler Corp.--Are YouSatisfied--Oklahoma's Rigid Application Of The One Satisfaction Rule Is Not So Rigid Anymore, Christopher T. Moore

Oklahoma Law Review

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Employment Law: Report A Crime, Lose Your Job: The Oklahoma Supreme Court Reins In The Public Policy Exception In Hayes V. Eateries, Inc., M. Derek Zolner Jan 1997

Employment Law: Report A Crime, Lose Your Job: The Oklahoma Supreme Court Reins In The Public Policy Exception In Hayes V. Eateries, Inc., M. Derek Zolner

Oklahoma Law Review

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Limits On Preemption And Punitive Damages: Can They Be Related?, Peter Zablotsky Jan 1997

Limits On Preemption And Punitive Damages: Can They Be Related?, Peter Zablotsky

Scholarly Works

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Conflicts And Defense Lawyers: From Triangles To Tetrahedrons, Tom Baker Jan 1997

Conflicts And Defense Lawyers: From Triangles To Tetrahedrons, Tom Baker

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.