Private Law
Rethinking Actual Causation in Tort Law
Torts
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Torts
The Search for a Grand Unified Theory of Tort Law
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International Law
Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
Seventh Circuit Holds that FSIA Does Not Provide Freestanding Basis to Satisfy Judgment Against State Sponsors of Terrorism.
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Standing
Causation in Environmental Law
Lessons from Toxic Torts
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Education
MacDonald v. Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Sixth Circuit Finds Law School Applicants Could Not Reasonably Rely on School-Provided Employment Statistics.
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Sexuality
Yonaty v. Mincolla
New York Appellate Division Holds that the Imputation of Homosexuality Is No Longer Defamation Per Se.
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Harvard Law Review Forum
Method and Morality in the New Private Law of Torts
Responding to Benjamin C. Zipursky, Palsgraf, Punitive Damages, and Preemption, 125 Harv. L. Rev. 1757 (2012)
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Harvard Law Review Forum
New Private Law Theory and Tort Law: A Comment
Responding to Benjamin C. Zipursky, Palsgraf, Punitive Damages, and Preemption, 125 Harv. L. Rev. 1757 (2012)
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Harvard Law Review Forum
Comments on Stephen Smith’s Duties, Liabilities, and Damages
Responding to Stephen Smith, Duties, Liabilities, and Damages, 125 Harv. L. Rev. 1727 (2012)
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Torts
Palsgraf, Punitive Damages, and Preemption
The standard One-L curriculum remains heavy on Torts, Contracts, and Property, presumably on the theory that these subjects will help students learn “to think like lawyers.” Ironically, however, these are…