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Civil Liability For Causing Suicide: A Synthesis Of Law And Psychiatry, Victor E. Schwartz
Civil Liability For Causing Suicide: A Synthesis Of Law And Psychiatry, Victor E. Schwartz
Vanderbilt Law Review
If suicide is a deliberate, intentional act by an individual, how can one person be "civilly liable for causing the suicide of another"? The paradox suggested by this question has caused many courts to shy away from imposing civil liability for causing suicide.' In certain situations,however, a growing number of courts are permitting recovery. Since suicide is on the increase both in numerical terms and in rank as a cause of death in the United States it can be expected that even more tort claims will be brought by parties attempting to fix civil responsibility on someone other than their …
The Lawyer And The Private Legal Process, L. Ray Patterson, Elliott E. Cheatham
The Lawyer And The Private Legal Process, L. Ray Patterson, Elliott E. Cheatham
Vanderbilt Law Review
Private law--particular rules created for and applied to particular individuals to govern their relationships with each other--is a marked characteristic of society. People in a nation of free enterprise with a developing, malleable economy must have the freedom and the power to shape their legal relations with one another through the use of rules of law suited to their goals. Most of this law--contracts, wills, and trusts--has only temporary effect. The terms are limited, and all of it is for a private, rather than a public purpose. The limited scope of private law, however, is not a good measure of …