Unlawfulness in Western European Tort Law

Modern Tort Law Demystified

Serious Tort Law Reform

Tort law is a form of collective intervention into social and economic affairs that carries with it substantial costs, both public and private. These costs include higher prices for goods and services, higher taxes, and the socially undesirable consequences that tort law has on people's behavior such as the failure of companies to develop and introduce products the public wants, the wasteful an...

Innovation , tort law , and competition

In this paper, we examine the link between innovative activity on the part of firms, the competitive pressure to introduce innovations and optimal damages awards. While innovative activity brings forth valuable new products for consumers, competitive pressure in the ensuing innovation race induces firms to launch innovations too early, thereby raising the likelihood of severe product risks abov...

Medical Malpractice Tort Reform an Introduction to Tort Law

r a d i o l o g y M a n a g e M e n t 30 r a d i o l o g y M a n a g e M e n t  M a r c h / a p r i l 2 0 1 1 The credit earned from the Quick CreditTM test accompanying this article may be applied to the AHRA certified radiology administrator (CRA) operation management domain. By David M. Ottenwess, Esq, Meagan A. Lamberti, Esq, Stephanie P. Ottenwess, Esq, and Adrienne D. Dresevic, Esq Medic...

Tort Law Culture in the United Kingdom:

This article highlights two contrasting sets of images of tort that are dominant in UK culture. The first set reflects various aspects of the traditional portrayal of justice, which depicts tort as an independent ‘natural’ system of rules of universal application forming the foundation of a just society. The second group of images is more recent and relates to the perceived development of a dam...