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Challenging Hospital Vbac Bans Through Tort Liability, Indra Lusero
Challenging Hospital Vbac Bans Through Tort Liability, Indra Lusero
Indra Lusero
With millions of women experiencing primary c-sections every year, millions more face repeat surgery for subsequent births. Because of hospital bans on vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), many of these women will have no option to give birth vaginally. Women are looking for remedies to this invasion of their right to informed consent. This article explores the two main avenues for making a torts claim against the hospital for such a ban: corporate negligence and vicarious liability. Through an exploration of the relevant case law in these areas, the significant opportunities and challenges of tort remedies for hospital VBAC bans …
Coase V. Pigou: A Still Difficult Debate, Enrico Baffi
Coase V. Pigou: A Still Difficult Debate, Enrico Baffi
enrico baffi
This paper examines the positions of Coase and Pigou about the problem of the externalities. From the reading of their most two important works it appears that Coase has a more relevant preference for a evaluation of efficiency at the total, while Pigou, with some exception, is convinced that is possible to reach marginal efficiency through taxes or responsibility. It’s interesting that Coase, who has elaborated the famous theorem, is convinced that is not possible to reach the efficiency at the margin every time and that sometimes is necessary a valuation at the total, that tells us which solution is …