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Do Black Lives Matter?: Race As A Measure Of Injury In Tort Law, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2015

Do Black Lives Matter?: Race As A Measure Of Injury In Tort Law, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

A discussion on whether it is a good idea to allow a plaintiff to use the race of a child as a measure of injury in a wrongful birth claim, and on the extent to which modern reproductive technologies change the way we think about injuries for purposes of tort law


Civil Liability For Injuries Caused By Dogs After Tracey V. Solesky: New Path To The Future Or Back To The Past?, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2015

Civil Liability For Injuries Caused By Dogs After Tracey V. Solesky: New Path To The Future Or Back To The Past?, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article discusses the court’s decision in Tracey v. Solesky and the resulting legislative reaction to it.


Debates Recientes Sobre La Reglamentación De La Conducta Profesional, Alberto Bernabe Jul 2015

Debates Recientes Sobre La Reglamentación De La Conducta Profesional, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article provides a review of the most current debates on the subject of professional responsibility


Introducción A Una Discusión Sobre El Futuro De La Reglamentación De La Profesión En Puerto Rico, Alberto Bernabe May 2015

Introducción A Una Discusión Sobre El Futuro De La Reglamentación De La Profesión En Puerto Rico, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

A discussion of the future of the regulation of the legal profession in Puerto Rico


Apuntes Sobre Aponte Y La Necesidad De Actualizar El Código De Ética Profesional, Alberto Bernabe Feb 2015

Apuntes Sobre Aponte Y La Necesidad De Actualizar El Código De Ética Profesional, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article addresses the need for the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico to adopt a new Code of Ethics for the island's attorneys


Setting Parental Controls: Do Parents Have A Duty To Supervise Their Children’S Use Of The Internet?, Alberto Bernabe Nov 2014

Setting Parental Controls: Do Parents Have A Duty To Supervise Their Children’S Use Of The Internet?, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article addresses the question of whether courts have created the possibility for parents to be held liable in tort for injuries caused by their children's use of the internet


La Tradición Jurídica Puertorriqueña: ¿Civil O Anglosajona?, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2013

La Tradición Jurídica Puertorriqueña: ¿Civil O Anglosajona?, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article reviews the ongoing debate on whether the Puerto Rican legal system is a part of the civil law or the common law traditions


Waiving Goodbye To A Fundamental Right: Allocation Of Authority Between Attorneys And Clients And The Right To A Public Trial, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2012

Waiving Goodbye To A Fundamental Right: Allocation Of Authority Between Attorneys And Clients And The Right To A Public Trial, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article discusses whether an attorney can decide to waive a client’s constitutional right to a public trial without the client’s consent


A Good Step In The Right Direction: Illinois Eliminates The Conflict Between Attorneys And Guardians, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2012

A Good Step In The Right Direction: Illinois Eliminates The Conflict Between Attorneys And Guardians, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article discusses one of the most important decisions of the Illinois Supreme Court on juvenile delinquency practice


Right To Counsel Denied: Confusing The Roles Of Lawyers And Guardians, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2011

Right To Counsel Denied: Confusing The Roles Of Lawyers And Guardians, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article argues that the practice of assigning lawyers to act as guardians and as lawyers at the same time in delinquency proceedings results in the violation of the right to counsel


Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: A Comment On The Theoretical Foundation And Historical Origin Of The Tort Remedy For Invasion Of Privacy, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2011

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: A Comment On The Theoretical Foundation And Historical Origin Of The Tort Remedy For Invasion Of Privacy, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article discusses the origin of the cause of action for damages for invasion to privacy


Recent Developments In The Law Of Lawyering: The New Illinois Rules Of Professional Conduct, Alberto Bernabe Dec 2010

Recent Developments In The Law Of Lawyering: The New Illinois Rules Of Professional Conduct, Alberto Bernabe

Alberto Bernabe

This article reviews the recently approved Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct