nonpecuniary damages. This reexamination demonstrates how recognizing tort’s role in defining property rights and having a way of …

in actual civil litigation. The experimental treatments are analogous to: (1) damages limited to harm to an individual … litigant, (2) damages limited to harm to a group available in aggregate litigation, such as class actions, and (3) damages … allowed beyond actual harm to victims, such as punitive damages. The treatment with damages limited to harm to an individual …

in actual civil litigation. The experimental treatments are analogous to: (1) damages limited to harm to an individual … litigant, (2) damages limited to harm to a group available in aggregate litigation, such as class actions, and (3) damages … allowed beyond actual harm to victims, such as punitive damages. The treatment with damages limited to harm to an individual …

Limited liability may result in inefficient accident prevention, because a relevant portion of the expected harm is … externalized on victims. This paper shows that under some restrictive conditions further limiting liability by means of a liability …

the presence of such products on innovation and consumer welfare. For a given number of buyers, platform liability … interests between innovators and buyers. Furthermore, platform liability can have unintended consequences, which overturn the … intended effect on innovation. Platform liability tends to increase (decrease) innovation and consumer welfare when the …

is considered, including product liability, causation, punitive damages, the judgment-proof problem, vicarious liability …This is a survey of legal liability for accidents. Three general aspects of accident liability are addressed. The first … is the effect of liability on incentives, both whether to engage in activities (for instance, whether to drive) and how …

This article offers an international comparison of adoption of children by same-sex parents, considering the trends in …

In this article I first describe the basic principles that parents employ in disciplining their children. The … description is based on a survey of parents, the major results of which are that parental sanctions are premised on wrongdoing …I then develop a theory to explain the principles of discipline as functional for parents. The kernel of the theory is …

reinforcement of physician liability for off-label use may be the preferred instrument for achieving dynamic efficiency. The … liability threat reduces the demand for off-label use, giving manufacturers an appropriate incentive to invest in extended …