Name: In Defense of Tort law (en Inglés)
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Author: Thomas Koenig
ISBN: 9780814747582

portada In Defense of Tort law (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Nyu Press

Autor

Thomas Koenig

Año

2003

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

364

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

0814747582

ISBN13

9780814747582

Categorías

Responsabilidad cibil y derecho de daños

In Defense of Tort law (en Inglés)

Thomas Koenig (Autor) · Nyu Press · Tapa Blanda

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Late night comedians and journalists eagerly seized upon the case of an elderly woman who sued McDonald's when she spilled hot coffee in her lap as a prime example of frivolous litigation. But as Rustad and Koenig argue, cases such as these are an incomplete and misleading characterization of tort law. Corporations have successfully waged a public relations battle to create the impression that most lawsuits are spurious, when in fact the opposite is true: tort law plays a crucial role in protecting consumers from dangerous and sometimes life-threatening hazards. Without legal remedies, corporations would suffer no penalty for choosing profits over public health and safely. In Defense of Tort Law is the first book to systematically examine the social, legal and policy dimensions of the tort reform debate. This insightful analysis of solid empirical data looks beyond popular myths about frivolous lawsuits, and tackles a variety of contentious issues: Should punitive damages be capped? Who is favored by tort law? Who loses, and why? Koenig and Rustad's detailed case study analysis also reveals disturbing gender inequities in a legal system that is largely dominated by men. Because women are disproportionately injured by medical products, impermissible HMO cost cutting, medical malpractice and sexual exploitation, restrictions on the rights to recovery in these fields inevitably creates gender injustice. Engaging and up to date, In Defense of Tort Law also identifies aspects of the current law that require further elaboration, including the need for measures to combat cybercrime against consumers.