Duty, Negligence and Causation

Negligence, Causation, and Incentives for Care

We present a new model of negligence and causation and examine the influence of the causation test on the level of care under negligence. In this model, the injurer’s decision to take care reduces the likelihood of an accident only in the event that some nondeterministic intervention occurs. The effects of the causation test depend on the information available to the court, and the manner in wh...

The Needle in the Haystack: Principle in the Duty of Care in Negligence

The question of when a duty of care in the tort of negligence is owed by one person to another is a question about relationships and responsibility as recognised by the law. It is important that people should know what the law is and also that the law be flexible enough to change in the interests of justice. In negligence, the duty of care is usually the arena in which the battle between flexib...

Parental liability for preconception negligence: do parents owe a legal duty to their potential children?

Negligence in the Air: the Duty of Care in Climate Change Litigation

The past eighteen months have witnessed a remarkable surge of popular interest in climate change and its impact. Sensitized by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the heavy hurricane season through the Gulf states, the public has gained a newfound appreciation for the remote-sounding predictions that global warming may increase severe storm activity. Timing is everything, an...

Negligence and Child Abuse

با وجود هرگونه رفتار خشونت آمیز با کودکان یا نوجوانان توسط والدین، محافظین و مراقبین دیگر را سوءرفتار گویند. رفتار نادرست با کودکان همیشه وجود داشته گرچه ممکن است با خواندن مقاله های جدید اینطور تصور شد که سوءرفتار با کودکان پدیده ای جدید و مربوط به قرن بیستم است ولی متاسفانه کودکان در تمام قرون مورد سوءرفتار قرار می گرفتند. در قرن بیستم که به عبارتی قرن کودک لقب گرفته، کشتارهای ساکت زیادی بوقو...