Whither the Common Law Derivative Action?

Whither CPD? Let common sense prevail.

of the ethos of a physician. So why did we feel so threatened when the process was formalised under the title of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)? Was it a fear of the unknown, the sheer burden (boredom perhaps?) of documenting one’s daily educational activities? Or was it the fact that many of us felt that there was no evidence that this documentation would lead to an overall improvem...

Western Philosophies of Law: the Common Law

Health care law and policy: whence and whither?

Americanization of the Common Law

Code Versus the Common Law

Lawrence Lessig called the most recent battle ‘‘Hollywood v. Silicon Valley,’’1 but one could just as well dub it ‘‘Code v. The Common Law.’’ The content industries’ latest efforts to re-calibrate the balance of copyright2 imply that the United States copyright system has reached a crisis that cannot be resolved under existing law. In particular, bills such as the Consumer Broadband & Digital T...