The liability regime governing geologic carbon sequestration will shape the technology’s costeffectiveness and overall attractiveness. Key cradle-to-grave issues affecting liability include choice of liability regime, mandates for corrective action in case of leakage or accident, the need for insurance, and determination of potentially responsible parties. Rather than assuming that the existing...

Overly strict legal standards are commonly thought to discourage parties from engaging in socially desirable activities. It is explained here, however, that excessive legal standards cannot lead to undesirable curtailment of activities when legal standards are enforced by liability for negligence, essentially because parties can choose to be negligent rather than comply. But excessive legal sta...

If a claimant, C, gives property to the defendant, D, as a result of actual or presumed undue influence over C by another person, X, why is D liable to rescind the gift? A common misconception, given Equity’s ubiquitous concern with conscience, is that D’s liability must be based upon fault and that this will be established if D was aware of the relationship of influence between C and X. 1 Prof...

Introduction Any person making non-consensual contact with the body of another person may encounter civil and/or criminal liability for that act. There is little doubt that health care professionals are included here, though any liability will normally be civil rather than criminal, with compensation awarded to the wronged patient rather than punishment of the health care provider. Treatment pr...

Background and Objectives: Careers related to body products are targeted toward saving patients from certain death. Such careers serve a necessary and important role. In case of the incidence of any human fault and organizational failure within the irreparable course of body product manufacturing, the negligent person is liable to pay compensation according to the principle of Tasbeeb (causatio...