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Tort, Compensation, And Two Kinds Of Justice, John G. Culhane
Tort, Compensation, And Two Kinds Of Justice, John G. Culhane
John G. Culhane
Following the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Congress moved swiftly to pass legislation that both protected potential tort defendants against crushing liability and created a fund to compensate those killed or injured by the terrorists. Although the Victim Compensation Fund does not provide the full recovery that a plaintiff might gain through a tort suit, it nonetheless reflects a tort law bent by allowing recovery of full economic loss.
This Article argues that the Fund confuses two kinds of justice. Corrective justice (herein, tort law) is concerned with repairing an inequality between parties that wrongful conduct has created. …
Shedding Light On The Preemption Doctrine In Product Liability Actions: Defining The Scope Of Buckman And Sprietsma, Jean M. Eggen
Shedding Light On The Preemption Doctrine In Product Liability Actions: Defining The Scope Of Buckman And Sprietsma, Jean M. Eggen
Jean M. Eggen
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