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The Uneasy Case For Food Safety Liability Insurance, John Aloysius Cogan Jr. Dec 2014

The Uneasy Case For Food Safety Liability Insurance, John Aloysius Cogan Jr.

John Aloysius Cogan Jr.

Foodborne illnesses sicken millions and kill thousands of Americans every year. Our dysfunctional government food safety system appears incapable of protecting us, leading some to look to the private market for solutions to our food safety crisis. One private market approach, food safety liability insurance, is gaining popularity. This Article questions the emerging view that liability insurance can supplement government regulation of food safety. This article takes a more comprehensive approach than previous scholarship by systematically addressing the shortcomings of liability insurance as a regulator of food safety from three distinct perspectives: (1) an economics of information framework, (2) an …

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Perfectly Legal To Mandate The Purchase Of Insurance, Alan E. Garfield Nov 2011

Perfectly Legal To Mandate The Purchase Of Insurance, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

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Is Actuarially Fair Insurance Pricing Actually Fair? A Case Study In Insuring Battered Women, Deborah Hellman Aug 2009

Is Actuarially Fair Insurance Pricing Actually Fair? A Case Study In Insuring Battered Women, Deborah Hellman

Deborah Hellman

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The Debt Financing Of Parenthood, Melissa B. Jacoby Dec 2008

The Debt Financing Of Parenthood, Melissa B. Jacoby

Melissa B. Jacoby

In this contribution to the symposium Show Me the Money: Making Markets in Forbidden Exchange, I explore an under-appreciated participant in the assisted reproduction and adoption industries: consumer lenders. Through fertility clinics and other service providers, financial institutions market and distribute loans specifically to finance acquisition of treatments, drugs, and human eggs. Adoption foundations and agencies advertise for-profit loans to intended parents, while small foundations offer adoption loans that appear to be low-cost financially but may condition loan approval on intended parent characteristics such as religious observance, marital status, sexual orientation, and adherence to traditional gender roles. After discussing how …

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Using Insurance Law And Policy To Interpret The Tax Code's Loss And Medical Expense Provisions, Andrew Blair-Stanek Dec 2006

Using Insurance Law And Policy To Interpret The Tax Code's Loss And Medical Expense Provisions, Andrew Blair-Stanek

Andrew Blair-Stanek

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