Negligent Murder

Characteristics of Negligent Operators

Was the obstetric care negligent?

Considerations of safety and risk are more complex in day-to-day care than they sometimes seem in theoretical debate. In the series "Moot Point", the Journal publishes cases closely based on actual fact in which fine points of judgement arise. The paper which follows relates to events which occurred in Great Britain in 1980, but the case to which they gave rise came to trial only in 1989. The a...

Just Murder

This book has an excellent introduction by Professor Harold Laski, in which he explains that the author's aim is to advocate the reform of the law respecting those accused of murder whose plea is insanity at the time of the alleged offence. The duty of the judge in his instruction of the jury in such cases is based upon the McNaghten Rules of 1843. McNaghten shot and killed Mr. Drummond, Sir Ro...

Serial Murder

W hen law enforcement apprehends a serial murderer, the event is consistently the focus of unswerving media coverage. For local communities, the ordeal can be particularly shocking and upsetting. Residents living in a community that is exposed to serial murder may even experience posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms for varying periods of time (Herkov and Beirnat, 1997). Over the past three d...

Negligent Class Loaders for Software Evolution

Modern software should be dynamically evolvable. The onward sweep of technology, introducing new features, and fixing immortal security holes, drive this evolution. Moreover, practical demands of on-the-fly changes of running applications eagerly encourage the evolution since the downtime of commercial software directly causes big losses. Enabling the evolution of software components is a major...