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  • Medical Malpractice

    Medical Malpractice in United States A tort committed by a physician against their patient. Unless a patient consents to being treated by their physician the physicians act would constitute battery. Naturally patient’s consent, but such consent must be informed (see informed consent). Even […]

  • Medical Malpractice

    Medical Malpractice in United States A tort committed by a physician against their patient. Unless a patient consents to being treated by their physician the physicians act would constitute battery. Naturally patient’s consent, but such consent must be informed (see informed consent). Even […]

  • Governmental Liability

    Governmental Liability in United States Governmental Liability  The liability of the government in tort was limited at common law by government immunit (also known as soveriegn immunity) (q.v.). This has changed with the introduction of tort-claim statutes, both by federal and state […]

  • Remedies

    Remedies in United States It is a maxim of law that for every wrong there is a remedy. Remedies are those legal aids that may be invoked by plaintiffs to cure the injuries done to them by defendants. There are a variety of remedies: monetary damages, injunctions, specific performance, and […]

  • Remedies

    Remedies in United States It is a maxim of law that for every wrong there is a remedy. Remedies are those legal aids that may be invoked by plaintiffs to cure the injuries done to them by defendants. There are a variety of remedies: monetary damages, injunctions, specific performance, and […]

  • Public Disclosure of Private Facts

    Public Disclosure of Private Facts in United States Public Disclosure of Private Facts  Public disclosure of private facts, even where such facts are true, can be punished as a tort. Melvin v. Reid, 112 Cal.App. 285, 297 P. 91; Public Disclosure of Private Facts (Civil Actions) This section […]

  • Public Disclosure of Private Facts

    Public Disclosure of Private Facts in United States Public Disclosure of Private Facts  Public disclosure of private facts, even where such facts are true, can be punished as a tort. Melvin v. Reid, 112 Cal.App. 285, 297 P. 91; Public Disclosure of Private Facts (Civil Actions) This section […]

  • Federal Law

    Federal Law in United States Federal Law  The United States, like many other former British colonies, is a federal system predicated upon the dual sovereignty of the states/provinces on the one hand, and on the national soveriegn at another. Germany is also a federal system, however the […]

  • Hornbooks

    Hornbooks in the United States Hornbooks are usually single volume legal books that are written by law professors for law students. Hornbooks summarize and explain a particular area of the law, discuss major cases, and present "black letter law." Hornbooks examples […]

  • Hornbooks

    Hornbooks in the United States Hornbooks are usually single volume legal books that are written by law professors for law students. Hornbooks summarize and explain a particular area of the law, discuss major cases, and present "black letter law." Hornbooks examples […]

  • Legal Associations

    Legal Associations Directories Law Firms and Lawyers Associations See also: 30 Largest Legal and Multidisciplinary Networks 60 Largest Law and Accounting Firm Networks International Lawyers Associations United States Lawyers Associations India Lawyers Associations United […]

  • Monetary Damages

    Monetary Damages in United States Monetary Damages  Monetary damages are the ordinarily presumed remedy in the common law. They seek to compensate the injury of the plaintiff via a determination of the cash equivalent of the loss to the defendant, the interest thereon, and the pain and […]

  • Monetary Damages

    Monetary Damages in United States Monetary Damages  Monetary damages are the ordinarily presumed remedy in the common law. They seek to compensate the injury of the plaintiff via a determination of the cash equivalent of the loss to the defendant, the interest thereon, and the pain and […]

  • Attorney General

    Attorney General in the United States The cabinet member who heads the Department of Justice. The Attorney General of the United States (Judicial Personnel issue) is the chief law officer at the federal level. The attorney general acts as the principal legal counsel to the president and is […]

  • Hospital Liability

    Hospital Liability in United States Hospital Liability  Hospitals may be immune from torts either as charities, when run by the private sector, under the principle of charitable immunity or, when run by the state, under a theory of governmental immunity. This immunity however would not […]