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The article discusses a reexamination of the concept of actual causation in American tort law, and it mentions the views of former and current law professors such as H.L.A. Hart and Tony Honoré, as well as information about legal principles such as but-for causation. Philosopher Ned Hall's intrinsicness thesis is addressed, along with the book "Causation and Responsibility: An Essay in Law, Morals & Metaphysics" by Michael S. Moore and sufficiency accounts in relation to causation.

The article discusses the American Supreme Court's (Court's) determination in the 2013 U.S. Alien Tort Statute (ATS)-related case Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (Kiobel) that a plaintiff cannot file an ATS lawsuit unless his or her legal claim touches and concerns the territory of the U.S. A presumption against extraterritoriality is addressed, along with the Court's jurisprudence, a proposed rule from Justice Samuel Alito, and America's separation of powers doctrine.

The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's determination in the 2016 case Doe v. Internet Brands Inc. that immunity under Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) does not protect the website owner defendant from a failure-to-warn claim. American Internet law and tort immunity are addressed, along with the court's decision not to adopt an alternative understanding of the CDA. California law and rape claims are also assessed.

The article discusses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit's ruling in the 2014 case Al Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology Inc. which deals with America's Alien Tort Statute (ATS), the country's foreign relations laws, and four Iraqi nationals who claim that they were tortured by U.S. military contractors at the Abu Ghraib prison complex. It states that the ATS gives federal courts jurisdiction over certain civil actions committed by aliens. Several other legal cases are examined.

The article discusses the 2012 New York Court of Appeals case Yonaty v. Mincolla which deals with tort law and the defamation per se doctrine in relation to statements imputing homosexuality. The plaintiff filed a lawsuit claiming intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), defamation, and prima facie tort (PFT) after the defendant allegedly spread rumors about the plaintiff's sexual orientation. The defendant's summary judgment motion was granted in regards to the IIED and PFT claims.

Reports on developments pertaining to law in the United States. Constitutional limitations on the power of a state over foreign corporations; Control of directors of a corporation under a partnership agreement between stockholders; Conversion of partnership realty into personalty; Suit under foreign statute giving the "personal representative" the right to recover for death by wrongful act.

Examines whether the English common law at any time within the period covered by the reports of litigated cases can be described as formal and unmoral. Rue of liability of damage caused to one person by the act of another; Radical transformation in the old law which simply asked whether the defendant did the physical act which damaged the plaintiff; Evolution of the law into something that asks whether the act is blameworthy.

Discusses several court cases and ruling. Liability of principal for acts of independent contractor; Liability of principal to third person in tort; Personal injuries to passengers; Rights of property.

The article presents views on several legal issues. As a general rule, insane persons are liable for their torts. Public policy is thought to overcome the technical difficulty that since such people are often incapable of volition, the things which they do are not strictly their own acts. Since it is a question which of two innocent estates shall suffer, putting the loss on the property of the insane defendant is thought to secure greater vigilance by his guardians, and to be desirable as protecting the public. It also discusses contracts in restraint of trade within the Sherman Anti-trust law.

Discusses key issues concerning the history of responsibility for tortuous acts. Idea of responsibility in the early Anglo-Norman period that appears in the shape of exoneration for deeds of the servant not commanded or consented to; Development stages of the idea that the master was to be held liable absolutely for harm done by slaves or servants; Implications on law.

Presents reviews of several legal issues and judgments that were recent in May 1893. Question of legal fee for a dedicator's act in the Minnesota case Flaten v. Moorhead; Liability of corporations to exemplary damages for the torts of their agent in the U.S. Supreme Court case Lake Shore & M.S. Ry. Co. v. Prentice; Defamation in Buckstaff v. Viall.

Discusses the doctrine of waiver of tort in legal practice. Empowerment of the plaintiff to elect an action of assumpsit to recover the value of that which has been tortiously taken or used; Distinction between a case where the defendant professes to act together and where he claims to be acting in his own right; Several classes of cases in which the question of the waiver of tort has emerged.

Explains the reason of the rule which prohibits the assignment of rights of action in general. Description of the right of action in one person which implies a corresponding duty in another to perform an agreement or to make reparation for a tort; Limitations in the field for the substitution of duties by consent; Discussion of the principle of the inalienability of choses in action.

Questions whether the statutory action for injuries is causing death transitory. Definition of "transitory"; Power of a court to enforce the particular course of action arising outside of the State creating the court; Duty of the court to determine the controversy according to some law other than its own; Application of the argument of inconvenience and unnecessary burden to the enforcement of all causes of action arising out of the State; Three general classes of cases from which the question under discussion may arise; Right of the personal representative appointed in the State where the injury was done, to recover in another State, whose statute gives a similar remedy.

Provides a critique on issues about contribution among tort-feasors. Way of looking at tort liability; Rule of law which has some tendency to effect loss distribution over a large segment of society; Idea about the contribution and indemnity between tort-feasors.

Discusses the English Joint Tortfeasors Act that deals with contribution and related matters. Factors that prompted the creation of he Act; Enactment by the statutes that a judgment against a defendant who has acted in concert toward a common end with another does not bar a later action against the other; Assertion that in its provisions as to contribution, the Act goes far toward consigning to limbo the common law doctrine; Suggestion that the provision operates to exclude certain anomalous cases in which contribution may be thought desirable; Significant single development effected by the Act.

Explains the criminal responsibility for the actions of another. Liability of the master or principal for the unauthorized acts of his servant or agent; Doctrine of respondent superior in the law of torts; Principal's liability for the actions of his agent committed within the scope of the employment and in the course of the business.

Presents several court cases in the United States. Child adoption; Principal's liability to third person in tort; Validity of award by foreign arbitrator; Effect of seal on form of action; Power of state under reserved right to amend corporate charter to authorize abolition of sinking fund for redemption of preferred stock.

Discusses the usefulness of the law of proximate causation with apparently increasing divergence of views. Definition and description of the requisite legal terms; Observation of the immediate social-utilitarian application of the decision in each case; Evaluation of the proximity of consequential damages in tort cases with reference to the state facts which gives rise to the cause of action.

Discusses developments in law in the United States. Letters of credit; Appreciation in value of property income; Repeal of tax exemptions and the contract clause of the federal constitution; Jurisdiction to impose a personal tax on one not domiciled but present within the state; Rights of unborn children in the law of torts.

Discusses the relation between tort liability and fault. Difficulty of explaining the tendency to revert to liability without fault in certain cases; Reconciliation of the two conflicting theories of legal development; Presentation in English of the doctrine that primitive law has no concern with blameworthiness.

Presents reviews of court cases that were recent in June 1912. Nature and incidents of relation in a case involving a father's liability for torts by his son; Ruling that the ratification of an unauthorized agent of a contract of insurance after loss is ineffectual; Right of a consul to be appointed administrator of a foreign decedent's estate.

Presents reviews of several legal issues and judgments that were recent in June 1912. Regulation of monopoly under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Suits contesting ownership of corporate stock; Liability of charitable corporations for torts.

Professor Fletcher challenges the traditional account of the development of tort doctrine as a shift from an unmoral standard of strict liability for directly causing harm to a more standard based on fault. He then sets out two paradigms of liability to serve as constructs for understanding competing ideological viewpoints about the proper role of tort sanctions. He asserts that the paradigm of reciprocity, which looks only to the degree of risk imposed by the parties to a lawsuit on each other and to the existence of possible excusing conditions, provides greater protection of individual interests than the paradigm of reasonableness, which assigns liability instrumentally on the basis of a utilitarian calculus. Finally, Professor Fletcher examines stylistic differences between the two paradigms which may explain the modern preference for the paradigm of reasonableness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses competitive torts. Conduct that misleads the consumer; Improper use of conventional business tactics; Misappropriation of commercial intangibles; Interference with contractual relations; Public law violations

In 1959 the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois adopted a rule permitting separate trials of liability and damage issues in civil cases. At the request of the court the authors have conducted an investigation to determine the extent to which time is saved through use of the separation device. They use a variety of converging statistical approaches to arrive at the conclusion that in personal injury jury trial cases about twenty per cent of trial time may be saved. They then consider the possible ways that separation might lengthen trial time, and conclude that these will not offset the time saving to any degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the case of Martell v. White et al. in Massachusetts on coercion. Effects on the use of business methods to the public; Advantages and benefits of competition to the public; Common classes of cases.

Focuses on restraint of libel cases in the U.S. Analysis on grounds for libel; Assessment on injunctions against libels; Evaluation on legal procedures for libel cases.