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Toxic Product Liability Under State Law After Cipollone, Jean Eggen May 1996

Toxic Product Liability Under State Law After Cipollone, Jean Eggen

Jean M. Eggen

No abstract provided.


Informed Consent And Patients' Rights In Japan, Robert B. Leflar Dec 1995

Informed Consent And Patients' Rights In Japan, Robert B. Leflar

Robert B Leflar

This article analyzes the development of the concept of informed consent in the context of the culture and economics of Japanese medicine, and locates that development within the framework of the nation's civil law system. Part II sketches the cultural foundations of medical paternalism in Japan; explores the economic incentives (many of them administratively directed) that have sustained physicians' traditional dominant roles; and describes the judiciary's hesitancy to challenge physicians' professional discretion. Part III delineates the forces testing the paternalist model: the undermining of the physicians' personal knowledge of their patients that accompanies the shift from neighborhood clinic to high-tech …


Should Congress Engage In Tort Reform?, Stephen D. Sugarman Dec 1995

Should Congress Engage In Tort Reform?, Stephen D. Sugarman

Stephen D Sugarman

No abstract provided.


Spousal Emotional Abuse As A Tort?, Stephen D. Sugarman, Ira Ellman Dec 1995

Spousal Emotional Abuse As A Tort?, Stephen D. Sugarman, Ira Ellman

Stephen D Sugarman

No abstract provided.