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A Note On The Nineteenth Century Law Of Seduction, J M. Bumsted, Wendy J. Owen
A Note On The Nineteenth Century Law Of Seduction, J M. Bumsted, Wendy J. Owen
Dalhousie Law Journal
The authors examine Prince Edward Island's Seduction Act of 1876, which departed from the model of seduction legislation of other Canadian provinces. Based on study of the limited surviving court records they note a number of ways in which the tort of seduction operated differently in nineteenth century Prince Edward Island than it did elsewhere
The Case For A "Strong" Regulatory Compliance Defense, Richard C. Ausness
The Case For A "Strong" Regulatory Compliance Defense, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
Federal administrative agencies have established safety standards or licensing procedures for airplanes, motor vehicles, pesticides, drugs, medical devices, and a variety of other products. At the same time, product sellers are subject to tort liability even though their products comply with applicable federal safety standards. Product sellers maintain that compliance with federal safety standards ought to protect them from liability under state tort law and have relied upon several legal principles to support this claim. The first, and most successful, theory is federal preemption. Under this concept, Congress may expressly or impliedly assert the primacy of federal law under the …