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  • Alien Tort Statute

    Alien Tort Statute (ATS) 1. Doe v. Exxon 2. Bowoto v. Chevron 3. Document Summary – Ministry of Defense v. Elahi 4. Doe I v. Lui Qui 5. Record – Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 6. Aldana v. Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. 7. Presbyterian Church of Sudan v. Talisman Energy Inc.p 8.…

  • Torts

    Rights, Contracts, Torts, Crimes From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Rights, Contracts, Torts, Crimes (1): Vested property rights, contracts, torts, and crimes, are usually subject to the laws of the State and the control and judgment of a church tribunal is seldom final. […]

  • Intentional Torts

    Kinds of Torts: Intentional Torts Introduction to Intentional Torts Intentional torts are divided into torts against the person and torts against property. Torts against individuals include assault, battery, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and intentional infliction of emotional […]

  • Tort Defences

    Tort Defending Against Tort ClaimsIntroduction to Tort DefendingEven if he or she could demonstrate that a tort has been committed, the injured party will not necessarily be compensated. The tortfeasor has the right to assert defenses, based on either law or facts, that reduce or e…

  • Tort Defences

    Tort Defending Against Tort ClaimsIntroduction to Tort DefendingEven if he or she could demonstrate that a tort has been committed, the injured party will not necessarily be compensated. The tortfeasor has the right to assert defenses, based on either law or facts, that reduce or e…

  • Torture in the 21st Century

    Introduction to Torture in the 21st CenturyAfter the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, the administration of President George W. Bush declared a "war on terrorism." In October 2001 the United States invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban government th…

  • Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral 3

    Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral   Guido Calabresi & A. Douglas Melamed   Professor Calabresi and Mr. Melamed develop a framework for legal analysis which they believe serves to integrate various legal relationships which are traditionally analyzed in separate subject areas such as Property and Torts. By using their…

  • Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral 3

    Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral   Guido Calabresi & A. Douglas Melamed   Professor Calabresi and Mr. Melamed develop a framework for legal analysis which they believe serves to integrate various legal relationships which are traditionally analyzed in separate subject areas such as Property and Torts. By using their…

  • Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral 2

    Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral   Whenever someone may destroy the initial entitlement if he is willing to pay an objectively determined value for it, an entitle- ment is protected by a liability rule. This value may be what it is thought the original holder of the entitlement would…

  • Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral

    Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral Guido Calabresi & A. Douglas Melamed   NLY rarely are Property and Torts approached from a uni- fied perspective. Recent writings by lawyers concerned with economics and by economists concerned with law suggest, how- ever, that an attempt at integrating the various legal relationships…

  • Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

    Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture   Article 1 The State Parties undertake to prevent and punish torture in accordance with the terms of this Convention. Article 2 For the purposes of this Convention, torture shall be understood to be any act intentionally performed whereby physical or mental pain or suffering is inflicted on…

  • Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

    Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture   Article 1 The State Parties undertake to prevent and punish torture in accordance with the terms of this Convention. Article 2 For the purposes of this Convention, torture shall be understood to be any act intentionally performed whereby physical or mental pain or suffering is inflicted on…

  • Theories of Tort Law: Justice, Rights, and Duties

    Main source: Coleman, Jules and Mendlow, Gabriel, “Theories of Tort Law “, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Related: causation: in the law | contracts, theories of | criminal law, theories of | justice: distributive | property and ownership | rights Theories of Tort Law :…

  • Theories of Tort Law: Economic Analysis

    Main source: Coleman, Jules and Mendlow, Gabriel, “Theories of Tort Law “, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Theories of Tort Law : Economic Analysis Rather than surveying the range of economic theories, this entry focuses in depth on what is arguably the dominant strain of…

  • Theories of Tort Law

    Main source: Coleman, Jules and Mendlow, Gabriel, “Theories of Tort Law”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Theories of Tort Law Tort is a branch of private law. The other main branches are contract, property, and restitution (sometimes known as unjust enrichment). Section 1 offers a…