Law Commons^™

Article Digest

Federal Communications Law Journal

In many communities across the nation cable subscribers depend on government-owned cable television systems for their communication services. This phenomenon may have started out to be fairly insignificant, but as a result of the cable explosion, government ownership of cable systems presents a threat to free expression. Governmental overbuilding and direct competition with private cable service providers have been the subject of unsuccessful First Amendment challenges. The threat of government control of cable systems, though, is potentially dramatic and poses serious First Amendment questions. The Author concludes that private ownership should be encouraged, and public ownership should only be allowed …

Cable Television Subscriber Equipment: Lessons From The Common Carrier Experience, David Alan Nall

Federal Communications Law Journal

Perhaps the most significant changes resulting from the Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992 will be those affecting equipment on subscriber's premises. The 1992 Cable Act differentiates cable equipment and cable services. The Author discusses the framework of the equipment provisions of the Cable Act, specifically regarding cable equipment rates, cable home wiring, and consumer electronics compatibility. He relates the history of the customer-premises (CPE) unbundling through the Computer II decision and post-Computer II developments, then proposes that the FCC could apply its CPE precedents to cable equipment.

Department Of Consumer Affairs, K. Chambers

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Proportional Liability: Statistical Evidence And The Probability Paradox, David A. Fischer

Vanderbilt Law Review

Numerous writers have proposed modifying traditional tort rules to permit plaintiffs to recover from a defendant who contributed to the risk of causing the plaintiff's harm without proving that the defendant actually caused the harm. These proposals would determine recovery by multiplying the plaintiff's total damages by the percentage chance that the defendant caused the damages, thereby giving her a portion of her damages.

Although these proposals for proportional liability take many forms, they may be divided into three major categories. The "proportional damage recovery" category would permit a plaintiff to recover a portion of her damages only after she …

Department Of Consumer Affairs, A. Kuhnert

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Book Review, Juanita V. Field, Thomas G. Field Jr.

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: WESLEY A. MAGAT & W. KIP VISCUSI, INFORMATIONAL APPROACHES TO REGULATION. (MIT Press 1992) [274 pp.] Appendices, endnotes, illustrations, index, list of titles in the Regulation of Economic Activity series, list of tables and figures, preface, series foreword. LC 91-29483; ISBN 0-262-13277-X. [$32.50 cloth. 55 Hayward Street; Cambridge MA 02142.]

Rescuing The Revolution: The Revived Case For Enterprise Liability, Steven P. Croley, Jon D. Hanson

Michigan Law Review

The article proceeds as follows. Part I defines important terms and introduces the two-by-four Products Liability Matrix by explaining the eight possible positions that might be taken with respect to the mutability and liability-standard dimensions of products liability. Part II provides a backdrop for the current products liability debate, first by setting out a capsule history of the evolution of the modem products liability regime, and then by explaining the arguments offered by the "first generation" of products liability scholars to justify expanded manufacturer liability. Part II also illustrates the utility of the Products Liability Matrix by locating many of …

Department Of Consumer Affairs, A. Kuhnert

California Regulatory Law Reporter

No abstract provided.

Punitive Damages And Regulated Products, Teresa Moran Schwartz

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Will A New Restatement Help Settle Troubled Waters: Reflections, James A. Henderson, Jr., Aaron D. Twerski

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Punitive Damages And Regulated Products, Teresa Moran Schwartz

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Attention Lenders: Rreevaluate Spousal Signature Policies And Procedures, Paul H. Schieber

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Legislative Activity, William X. Elward

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Dangerous Products And Injured Bystanders, Robert F. Cochran Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Targeted, Direct-Mail Solicitation:Shapero V. Kentucky Bar Association Under Attack, Jeffrey S. Kinsler

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Subject Index

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Will A New Restatement Help Settle Troubled Waters: Reflections, James A. Henderson, Jr., Aaron D. Twerski

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Fair Housing Litigation, 26 J. Marshall L. Rev. 745 (1993), Robert G. Schwemm

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.

Now You See It, Now You Don't: Defective Products, The Question Of Incorporation And Liability Insurance, Timothy Stanton

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Caveat Emptor: Will The A.L.I. Erode Strict Liability In The Restatement (Third) For Products Liability?, John F. Vargo

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

University Of Richmond Law Review

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.

Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Consumer Protection Law, Edward P. Nolde

University of Richmond Law Review

This is the first year the University of Richmond Law Review has surveyed Virginia law concerning developments in the area of consumer protection. Thus, this article includes background material as well as recent developments that are more than one year old. Except as background for the current statutes, this survey does not discuss the common law torts of fraud and constructive fraud. Although these common law actions remain important to consumers, they have been discussed in several other recent publications.

Case Comments D. Consumer Protection Ferris V. Haymore

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Empowering The Russian Consumer In A Market Economy, James P. Nehf

Michigan Journal of International Law

One purpose of this article is to examine how the legislative product of a declining socialist state will benefit Russian consumers during the unusual circumstances characterizing the period of market transformation. A second purpose is to familiarize Western consumerists with the decidedly pro-consumer features of the Russian law. Part I analyzes the consumer law's provisions that elevate the legal status of consumers when they purchase goods and services. Part II examines the legislation from a different perspective - as a set of legal norms affecting the operation of consumer markets generally. Part III discusses the enforcement mechanisms established in the …

Consumer Protection Act Applies To Business Purchase Of A Sign, Ellen M. Sfikas

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Insurance Liability Occurs At The Installation Of A Potentially Dangerous Product, Sharon Hannaford

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Legislative Activity, William X. Elward

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bank Cannot Terminate Credit Card Agreement With Store Involved In Bankruptcy Proceedings, Thomas Melody

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Telemarketing Tug-Of-War: Balancing Telephone Information Technology And The First Amendment With Consumer Protection And Privacy, Part I, Consuelo Lauda Kertz, Lisa Boardman Burnette

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.

Consumer News, Julia C. Mclaughlin

Loyola Consumer Law Review

No abstract provided.