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Out now: Buxbaum, “Extraterritoriality in Comparative Perspective” (Ius Comparatum)

Conflict of Laws

In an increasingly interconnected world, the application of laws by States beyond their territorial borders is an everyday reality. It identifies, inter alia, the following important trends: First, international law turns out as increasinlgy irrelevant as a direct constraint on the territorial reach of state law.

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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. The first block then focused on the origin, scope, and, particularly, on the purpose of punitive damage awards. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

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The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. 47 U.S.C. § The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.

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“Corners Were Being Cut”: Baldwin Shooting Already Has The Makings of a Blockbuster Tort Action

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(b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. This incident could well prove a violation of a statute or regulation making the act “negligent per se.”

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