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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Torts"”.
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Legal Liability of School Principals for Their Torts in Washington State
… and teachers are liable for all of their torts. Since principals are not immune from tort suits, the purposes of this study were (1) to suggest measures to minimize exposure of principals to tort suits, and (2) to suggest measures of protection against such suits.
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Climate Torts and Ecocide in the Context of Proposals for an International Environmental Court
"This thesis is an exploration of two questions that are neither novel nor lacking in exploration: Is an International Environmental Court (IEC) needed? Is such a court feasible? Proposals for an IEC have a rich history, are well founded and numerous. On the issue of necessity, this thesis attempts …
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Explaining the Conceptualisation of Reputation in the Trinity of Torts: Defamation, Misuse of Private Information and Data Protection
It is said that English law permits claimants to pursue different, overlapping causes of action in response to the same event provided each action protects a distinct value. Despite this, concern has been expressed about claimants’ ability to pursue misuse of private information and data protection …
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An analysis of the laws affecting public school administrators, teachers, service and auxiliary personnel in West Virginia
… author as either traditional or constitutional torts. Traditional torts reviewed included strict liability, assault and/or battery, defamation, and negligence. Of particular concern were assault and battery cases related to corporal punishment, the use of qualified privilege as a defense in …
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Tort and Contract Remedies in Islamic law: A Comparative Study with Anglo-American Law
… on the available remedies in Islamic law for torts and contracts breach. The dissertation covers damages, restitution, coercive remedies, and declaratory remedies in Islamic law and compares them to Anglo-American Law. This dissertation will attempt to synthesize the remedies principles in the …
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The efficiency of professional malpractice laws under asymmetric information
… of professional malpractice differ from other torts since they generally occur between parties with a pre-existing relationship. Such a pre-existing relationship allows for the possibility of contracts being used to allocate the risk of the professional relationship rather than using tort law.
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Liability for animals a comparative study: south African and German law
… of a train, remarked that the Common Law of torts has developed historically in separate compartments and that beasts have travelled in a compartment of their own. 1 However, it is also true, that within this "tort-train" a few animals lurking in the other compartments marked 'Negligence or …
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Liability for animals a comparative study: South African and German law
… of a train, remarked that the Common Law of torts has developed historically in separate compartments and that beasts have travelled in a compartment of their own. However, it is also true, that within this "tort-train" a few animals lurking in the other compartments marked 'Negligence or …
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"limits of national amnesty legislation under international criminal law"
… liability for states for their wrongful acts. (torts and damages). The crimes individuals can be held liable for are the ones now held to be of international jurisdiction. The categories of offences were established by the Nuremberg trials, stating that war crimes, crimes against peace and …
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An Assessment of the Level of School Law Knowledge of South Carolina School Principals and the Implications for Litigation and Social Justice
… rights, teacher academic freedom, torts, abuse/neglect, discrimination/harassment, and student records). Only 15.9% of participants scored a 70% or higher on the survey, which was the acceptable level of performance as noted by the original authors of the survey. These results …
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Rape and the Civil Law: An Alternative Route to Justice
… and in particular the trespass to the person torts, as an alternative route to justice. By placing the crime of rape within the framework of tort law it seeks to provide an alternative perspective from which to interrogate the harm of rape. Exploring the small body of case law, it will …
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Repairing the legacies of transatlantic slavery
… have sought to utilise legal principles of torts and unjust enrichment to create a causal chain between the history of transatlantic slavery, via colonialism and segregation, to present-day national and international racial inequality. This thesis argues that such conceptualisations of …
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In pursuit of a better legal theory of the company: A data-driven, co-evolutionary and multiple equilibria model
… on shareholder limited liability for corporate torts. Chapter 5 appraises the relationship between company law and management studies: what, if anything, can company lawyers learn from management studies (including risk management and behavioural management literature) to enhance corporate …
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An analysis of the laws affecting North Carolina public school teachers
… included strict liability; the intentional torts of assault and battery, defamation, and false imprisonment; the unintentional tort of negligence and its elements and defenses; educational malpractice; governmental immunity; and students' records. Of particular concern were assault and …
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The development, regulation and enforcement of water pollution law - a participatory role for individuals and environmental groups?
… and environmental groups. The common law of torts is examined as a means of protection of the water environment. A review of recent case law demonstrates the uncertain unpredictable nature of common law principles. Also, as only a limited range of persons with private rights can bring actions …
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Procedural Postures: The Influence of Legal Change on Strategic Litigants and Judges
… became more specific in their complaints in torts cases, but not civil rights cases. This pattern is in keeping with concerns that the new standard has unduly impacted litigants who are unlikely to have specific details in the absence of information sharing as part of litigation. Finally, I …
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An analysis of the legal rights and responsibilities of Virginia public school educators
… and school personnel for constitutional torts. 2. To obtain employment in Virginia, an educator must hold a license issued by the State Board of Education, pass a professional teachers' examination and execute a written contract with the school board. To obtain continuing contract status …
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The Class Action Mechanisms Across the Pacific: The Missions of Class Action Mechanisms in the U.S., China and Taiwan
This study provides an overview of class action mechanisms in the U.S., China and Taiwan, including an analysis of the legal and court systems or other institutions involved in the implementation of class action devices. Class actions have been a prominent feature of U.S. civil procedure law. …
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Insurance in the Islamic Legal System : A Comparative Study of Insurance and Risk from a Tort and Contract Law Perspective.
My decision to embark on a research of insurance from a comparative law perspective was inspired by a desire to tackle one of the most controversial issues in Islamic legal studies. Several edicts have concluded that insurance is incompatible with Islamic ethos and legal precept, but the mere …
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