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Constructing A Roof Before The Foundation Is Prepared: The Restatement (Third) Of Torts: Products Liability, Section 2(B) Design Defect, Frank J. Vandall Dec 1997

Constructing A Roof Before The Foundation Is Prepared: The Restatement (Third) Of Torts: Products Liability, Section 2(B) Design Defect, Frank J. Vandall

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability section 2(b) is a wish list from manufacturing America. It returns products liability law to something more restrictive than negligence. What is new from the Reporters is that their proposal is written on a clean sheet of paper. Messy and awkward concepts such as precedent, policy, and case accuracy have been brushed aside for the purpose of tort reform. There has been almost no attempt to evaluate strict liability precedent or the policies underlying previous cases and the Restatement (Second) section 402A. Section 2b (the roof) has been drafted with little consideration of …


Scapegoating The Jury, Clay S. Conrad Oct 1997

Scapegoating The Jury, Clay S. Conrad

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Myth Of Black Juror Nullification: Racism Dressed Up In Jurisprudential Clothing, Elissa Krauss, Martha Schulman Oct 1997

Myth Of Black Juror Nullification: Racism Dressed Up In Jurisprudential Clothing, Elissa Krauss, Martha Schulman

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Comments On Jury Nullification, John W. Bissell Oct 1997

Comments On Jury Nullification, John W. Bissell

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Removing Juror Bias By Applying Psychology To Challenges For Cause, Arthur H. Patterson, Nancy L. Neufer Oct 1997

Removing Juror Bias By Applying Psychology To Challenges For Cause, Arthur H. Patterson, Nancy L. Neufer

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Nuclear Weapons Free Zones: Time For A Fresh Look, Mark E. Rosen Oct 1997

Nuclear Weapons Free Zones: Time For A Fresh Look, Mark E. Rosen

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Anarchy Order And The Law: A Post-Hobbesian View , Andrew Rutten Jul 1997

Anarchy Order And The Law: A Post-Hobbesian View , Andrew Rutten

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Making Peace Agreements Work: United Nations Experience In The Former Yugoslavia, Barry Ashton Jul 1997

Making Peace Agreements Work: United Nations Experience In The Former Yugoslavia, Barry Ashton

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The World Peace: The Legacy Of Edmund S. Muskie, George J. Mitchell Jul 1997

The World Peace: The Legacy Of Edmund S. Muskie, George J. Mitchell

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Pervasive Not Perverse: Semi-Sovereigns As The Global Norm, Stephen D. Krasner Jul 1997

Pervasive Not Perverse: Semi-Sovereigns As The Global Norm, Stephen D. Krasner

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Problems Of Peace-Makers In Papua New Guinea: Modalities Of Negotiation And Settlement, Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart Jul 1997

Problems Of Peace-Makers In Papua New Guinea: Modalities Of Negotiation And Settlement, Andrew J. Strathern, Pamela J. Stewart

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Israel-Plo Interim Agreements: Are They Treaties, John Quigley Jul 1997

The Israel-Plo Interim Agreements: Are They Treaties, John Quigley

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Ending Protracted Conflicts: The Oslo Peace Process Between Political Partnership And Legality, Ian S. Lustick Jul 1997

Ending Protracted Conflicts: The Oslo Peace Process Between Political Partnership And Legality, Ian S. Lustick

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Order Efficiency And The State: A Commentary , Jeffrey L. Harrison Jul 1997

Order Efficiency And The State: A Commentary , Jeffrey L. Harrison

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Psychosocial Risks Of Storing And Using Human Tissues In Research, Jon F. Merz Jun 1997

Psychosocial Risks Of Storing And Using Human Tissues In Research, Jon F. Merz

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

Dr. Merz argues that genetics technology makes it more compelling that researchers plan more carefully for the collection and disposition of information derived from subjects' tissues and blood.


Improving The Court Process For Alaska’S Children In Need Of Aid, Susanne Di Pietro, Teresa W. Carns Jun 1997

Improving The Court Process For Alaska’S Children In Need Of Aid, Susanne Di Pietro, Teresa W. Carns

Alaska Law Review

No abstract provided.


Obscenity On-Line: A Transactional Approach To Computer Transfers Of Potentially Obscene Material , Donald T. Stepka May 1997

Obscenity On-Line: A Transactional Approach To Computer Transfers Of Potentially Obscene Material , Donald T. Stepka

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fame The Founding And The Power To Declare War , William Michael Treanor May 1997

Fame The Founding And The Power To Declare War , William Michael Treanor

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Globalization And The Convergence Of Values, Alex Y. Seita Apr 1997

Globalization And The Convergence Of Values, Alex Y. Seita

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Transnational Rules Of Civil Procedure Rules And Commentary, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., Michele Taruffo Apr 1997

Transnational Rules Of Civil Procedure Rules And Commentary, Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., Michele Taruffo

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Sentencing By International Tribunals: A Human Rights Approach, William A. Schabas Apr 1997

Sentencing By International Tribunals: A Human Rights Approach, William A. Schabas

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Achieving Justice Before The International War Crimes Tribunal: Challenges For The Defense Counsel, Mark S. Ellis Apr 1997

Achieving Justice Before The International War Crimes Tribunal: Challenges For The Defense Counsel, Mark S. Ellis

Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law

No abstract provided.


Coming Crisis Of Work In Constitutional Perspective , Kenneth L. Karst Mar 1997

Coming Crisis Of Work In Constitutional Perspective , Kenneth L. Karst

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cadenced Power: The Kinetic Constitution, Laura S. Fitzgerald Feb 1997

Cadenced Power: The Kinetic Constitution, Laura S. Fitzgerald

Duke Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Underfederalization Of Crime, Tom Stacy, Kim Dayton Jan 1997

Underfederalization Of Crime, Tom Stacy, Kim Dayton

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Malpractice Pressure And Liability Reforms On Physicians’ Perceptions Of Medical Care, Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. Mcclellan Jan 1997

The Effects Of Malpractice Pressure And Liability Reforms On Physicians’ Perceptions Of Medical Care, Daniel P. Kessler, Mark B. Mcclellan

Law and Contemporary Problems

Considerable evidence suggests that the medical malpractice liability system neither provides compensation to patients who suffer negligent medical injury nor seeks to penalize physicians whose negligence causes patient injury. The relationship between liability reforms, malpractice pressure and physician perceptions of medical care is examined.


"Doubts About Our Processes": Richard D. Simons And The Jurisprudence Of Restraint In State Constitutional Analysis, David E. Mccraw Jan 1997

"Doubts About Our Processes": Richard D. Simons And The Jurisprudence Of Restraint In State Constitutional Analysis, David E. Mccraw

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.