Rules of Legal Cause in Negligence Cases

Negligence in sterilisation: the changing legal regime.

Negligence in a sterilisation operation is a crucial issue in a country like India where sterilisation operations form an important part of government programmes. This article seeks to highlight the medico-legal dilemmas that surround this issue, and the legal pronouncements on it. The article also deals with a recent policy initiative--the Family Planning Insurance Scheme--that has been formul...

On Negligence Rules and Self-Selection

Economic models of negligence ordinarily involve a single standard of care that all injurers must meet to avoid liability. When injurers differ in their costs of care, however, this leads to distortions in their care choices. This paper derives the characteristics of a generalized negligence rule that induces injurers to selfselect their optimal care levels. The principal features of the rule a...

The limited use of inferred negligence in medical cases.

Professional Negligence, Paralegals and Modern Legal Ethics between the Bookends

Over the past few months three books have come to the office which deserve some attention from the legal profession. Each is unique in its own way and serves a useful purpose. The first of the three is Professional Negligence1 by Australian National University law professor David F. Partlett. The book deals fundamentally with tort liability of professionals, mainly, M.Ds. and lawyers, but inclu...

Legal Cases in Lunacy

The title to traverse an inquisition by a person who has been found lunatic is a matter of right; but the Court, before granting the writ, will satisfy itself, by personal (or other) examination, that the alleged lunatic is able to exercise volition, and really desires to traverse the finding of the jury. In order to keep the expenses of a petition to traverse within proper limits, the Lord Cha...