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)
Responding to Benjamin C. Zipursky, Palsgraf, Punitive Damages, and Preemption, 125 Harv. L. Rev. 1757 (2012)
Responding to Benjamin C. Zipursky, Palsgraf, Punitive Damages, and Preemption, 125 Harv. L. Rev. 1757 (2012)
Responding to Stephen Smith, Duties, Liabilities, and Damages, 125 Harv. L. Rev. 1727 (2012)
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…
In this Article I explore two ways of understanding damage awards. The first way, which I call the duty view, supposes that damage awards confirm existing legal duties to pay…
Like many legal concepts, “private law” has recognizable referents yet eludes precise definition. Private law defines the rights and duties of individuals and private entities as they relate to one…
D.C. Circuit Holds that U.S. Officials Are Immune from Alien Tort Statute Claims.
D.C. Circuit Holds Corporations Not Immune from ATS Claims.
D.C. Court of Appeals Allows Recovery for Emotional Harm Outside Zone of Danger.