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Tinjauan Yuridis Perbuatan Melawan Hukum Terhadap Cacat Badan Di Indonesia, Yulianto Manurung

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

One of the categories of acts against the law stipulated in Article 1365 to 1380 of the Civil Code is an unlawful act that causes bodily defects as stipulated in Article 1371 of the Civil Code What often causes problems in practice is the calculation of the amount of material compensation that must be given to victims who have disabilities as a result of unlawful acts because the Civil Code does not provide clear and complete benchmarks regarding this matter. Arrangements regarding compensation to victims of acts against the law especially those that cause bodily disabilities for the victim have …

Comments On Provisions Of Tort In Iraqi Civil Law, Dr. Galil Hassan Al-Saadi

UAEU Law Journal

Iraqi Civil Law number 40 of 1951 has some rules driven from Islamic Law and some others from foreign legislations. Despite that, law has some defects relating basically to drafting some of its articles from one hand, and from another hand some recourses of this law were improper. This search contains some comments on rules dealing with tort. Some comments concern with tort of personal actions, some other comments concern with tort of a third party Action which has been regulated by law in three articles divided into two places. Study deals as well with some comments on liability of …

Modern Trends Of Liability For Tort: A Comparative & Analytical Study On The United Arab Emirates (Uae) And The Qatari Laws In Light Of The Developments In The French Law, Dr.Adnan Sarhan

UAEU Law Journal

The position of Emirati Law differed from that of the Qatari one in terms of both personal and substantive approaches of civil liability according to variation in their historical sources. While Qatari Civil Law adopted Fault in its personal concept as a basis for liability of unlawful act, influenced by most Arab Civil Laws that preceded it such as Egyptian Civil Law, we find that the UAE Civil Transactions Law, influenced by Islamic Jurisprudence, adopted tort in its substantive concept as a basis for liability of unlawful act.

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Yes, “Stealthing” Is Sexual Assault… And We Need To Address It, Mikaela Shapiro

Touro Law Review

Nonconsensual condom removal, more popularly known as “stealthing,” exposes victims to potential physical risks such as pregnancy and disease and, as victims make clear, feelings of violation and shame. Such condom removal changes sex from consensual sex into nonconsensual sex. There are currently no laws criminalizing stealthing in the United States. This Note considers possible criminal and civil remedies victims may seek in a court of law. Conditional consent, initial consent to sexual activity that is contingent upon intercourse with a condom and may be revoked once that condom is removed, is a key factor in stealthing cases. Ultimately, this …