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Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari, Minority Media And Telecommunications Council V. Md/Dc/De Broadcasters Ass'n, No. 01-639 (U.S. Oct. 17, 2001), Angela J. Campbell, Amy S. Wolverton Oct 2001

Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari, Minority Media And Telecommunications Council V. Md/Dc/De Broadcasters Ass'n, No. 01-639 (U.S. Oct. 17, 2001), Angela J. Campbell, Amy S. Wolverton

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs

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Risk, Death And Time: A Comment On Judge Williams’ Defense Of Cost-Benefit Analysis, Matthew D. Adler Jan 2001

Risk, Death And Time: A Comment On Judge Williams’ Defense Of Cost-Benefit Analysis, Matthew D. Adler

Faculty Scholarship

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Defending Courts: A Brief Rejoinder To Professors Fried And Rosenberg, David C. Vladeck Jan 2001

Defending Courts: A Brief Rejoinder To Professors Fried And Rosenberg, David C. Vladeck

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Harvard Professors David Rosenberg and Charles Fried have presented a provocative, sweeping critique of the theoretical foundations of tort liability that leaves virtually no aspect of our current tort system untouched, or perhaps more accurately, unscathed. Their article throws down the gauntlet to defenders of traditional tort law. For instance, Rosenberg and Fried take aim at the jury system, arguing that ex post liability rules created by juries are inefficient and should be replaced, whenever possible, by ex ante liability rules set by legislative bodies. And they attack the idea that compensation plays a legitimate role in structuring our tort …