1,720,976 research outputs found
Compensation at the Intersection of Tort Law and International Human Rights Law
No full textFor human rights not to become empty letters, the respect and fulfilment of the right to remedy is instrumental to the victims’ recovery from past violations. Human rights abuses have found redress also before domestic courts. Yet litigation can move from the domestic to regional forum where the former does not provide the victim with adequate remedies. The aim of this chapter is to explain how the two systems may interact providing specific means to address and redress wrongful conducts constituting torts and human rights abuses. By exploring the theory of tort law and human rights, including their relationship and interactions, I first outline the interpretative principles on the right to remedy under international law and international human rights law. At the heart of the discussion is compensation as a form of reparation in the Council of Europe’s, Inter-American and African human rights systems respectively. I maintain that, while regional human rights courts can be used as compensatory instruments, perceived as tort law devices, the domestic enforcement of regional courts’ decisions remains nevertheless essential to the award of compensation and the effective realisation of individuals’ right to reparation
Mauro Bussani et Anthony J. Sebok (ed.). -Comparative Tort Law. Global Perspectives, coll. «Research Handbooks in Comparative Law», Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, Edward Elgar, 2015
No full textBlanc-Jouvan Xavier. Mauro Bussani et Anthony J. Sebok (ed.). -Comparative Tort Law. Global Perspectives, coll. «Research Handbooks in Comparative Law», Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, Edward Elgar, 2015. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 68 N°4,2016. pp. 1065-1070
Tort damages for non-economic losses: methodological approaches for comparative analysis served by new technologies
No full textThis chapter explores the potentialities of new technologies in investigating non-pecuniary losses compensation and in the pursuit of horizontal and vertical equality, opening new paths in comparative analysis. Authors suggest a new approach to provide case-law analysis on personal injury compensation using Machine Learning techniques. This method applying analytics to massive amounts of case-law allows the identification of variables, bias, and trends for each head of damage also in terms of meta-legal formants. The proposed approach enables the identification of factors impacting on both liability and quantum of damages addressing new challenges for fundamental rights protection analysis
Causation Theories and Causation Rules
No full textThe present entry aims to offer a comparative analysis of the ways in which Western tort law systems address the many questions falling under the umbrella of causation. To this purpose, the paper first investigates the role that causation plays in the broader, trans-legal scientific debate over the chains of events that make up any social phenomenon. It then overviews the theories and rules embodying the Western response to causation problems in tort law, and examines who, in the West, actually make these theories and rules, against what cultural backgrounds, and through which technicalities
Danni dollari e dolori
No full textQuanto vale, giuridicamente, il dolore? Quale risarcimento è accordato a chi ha perso un braccio, è divenuto cieco, o ha visto morire davanti ai propri occhi un figlio? Che risposta si dà a tali questioni in giurisdizioni differenti, e perchè? Quelli appena ricordati sono solo alcuni dei quesiti affrontati dai due saggi che questo volume offre in traduzione.
Gli articoli sono firmati da due rinomati studiosi americani della responsabilità civile, Anthony J. Sebok (Cardozo Law School) e Stephen D. Sugarman (UC Berkeley) - fra i pochi che, negli Stati Uniti, nutrono un solido interesse per il diritto comparato della responsabilità civile. Entrambi gli scritti indagano il modo in cui sistemi giuridici diversi rispondono agli stessi interrogativi. Si tratta di un esame che, al di là del suo prezioso contenuto informativo, risulta di estremo interesse per il lettore italiano, perché mettono in prospettiva alcuni elementi non sempre adeguatamente apprezzati a livello interno e, altri, eccessivamente enfatizzati in un'ottica puramente domestica
Amicus Curiae Brief of Professors Anthony J. Sebok and John C. P. Goldberg in Support of Appellee the Devereux Foundation, Inc.
Full text linkAmici Anthony J. Sebok and John C. P. Goldberg are law professors with a particular focus in the field of tort law and damages. As scholars in this field, Amici recognize that the issues raised in this case are of tremendous importance to the history, theory, and development of tort law in the United States. The distinction between compensatory damages and punitive damages has long been recognized in both U.S. and Georgia law. Amici have a distinct interest in this Court reaching a correct decision with the benefit of complete and accurate historical information regarding the awarding of punitive damages in English common law, and endeavor to provide a thorough and accurate recounting of this important historical context for this Court’s consideration
Amicus Curiae Brief of Professors Anthony J. Sebok and John C. P. Goldberg in Support of Appellee the Devereux Foundation, Inc.
No full textAmici Anthony J. Sebok and John C. P. Goldberg are law professors with a particular focus in the field of tort law and damages. As scholars in this field, Amici recognize that the issues raised in this case are of tremendous importance to the history, theory, and development of tort law in the United States. The distinction between compensatory damages and punitive damages has long been recognized in both U.S. and Georgia law. Amici have a distinct interest in this Court reaching a correct decision with the benefit of complete and accurate historical information regarding the awarding of punitive damages in English common law, and endeavor to provide a thorough and accurate recounting of this important historical context for this Court’s consideration
M. Bussani e A. J. Sebok (a cura di), Comparative Tort Law. Global Perspectives, coll. «Research Handbooks in Comparative Law»
No full textLa recensione analizza il volume "Comparative Tort Law. Global Perspectives", coll. "Research Handbooks in Comparative Law" curato da Mauro Bussani e Anthony J. Sebok
Quantificare l’incommensurabile. Pensare comparativamente alla riparazione dei danni non patrimoniali
No full textL'articolo traduce il saggio di Anthony J. Sebok "Translating the Immeasurable: Thinking about Pain and Suffering Comparatively" in tema di riparabilità extracontrattuale dei danni non patrimoniali nel diritto comparato e soprattutto statunitense
Lesioni fisiche e danni non patrimoniali: le misure della riparazione
No full textL’articolo traduce il saggio di Stephen D. Sugarman, originariamente pubblicato come Tort damages for non-economic losses: Personal injury, in Mauro Bussani, Anthony J. Sebok (eds.), Comparative Tort Law: Global Perspectives, Cheltenham, 2015, 323-356.
Il contributo affronta il tema della riparabilità extracontrattuale dei danni non patrimoniali in caso di lesioni fisiche in un’ottica comparata
- …
