Monthly Archives: January, 2026
Gary Kok Yew Chan, ‘Government Vicarious Liability and the Concept of Deemed Equality with Private Persons’
ABSTRACT The immunity against Crown liability was abolished in the United Kingdom in 1948 based on the Diceyan notion of rule of law and deemed equality under the law between public officials and private persons. This paper analyses government vicarious liability in respect of the acts and omissions of public officers under the Singapore Government […]
Sudhanwa Joshi, ‘Tort at the Altar of Aviation Accidents: A Scholarly Study of Product Liability in Aviation’
ABSTRACT Aviation sits at a juncture where engineering prowess meets institutional fragility. Keeping airliners aloft demands meticulous integration of hardware, software and regulatory oversight, yet the pressure to minimise costs can allow subtle design flaws to slip through. The Boeing 737 MAX tragedies revealed how a software patch designed to compensate for aerodynamic shortcomings instead […]
SI Strong, ‘Artificial Intelligence and Civil Justice: US Practice, Policy, and Principles’
ABSTRACT This paper has been prepared as the US National Report for the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) World Congress 2026 (Section: Artificial Intelligence and Civil Justice). The paper addresses a number of topics relating to US practice, policy, and principles concerning artificial intelligence (AI). Items discussed include (1) a general overview of AI […]
‘Small Gifts, Big Problems’
Mark Glover, ‘Nominal Bequests’, 59 UC Davis Law Review 731 (2025). When I read the premise of Mark Glover’s terrific new article ‘Nominal Bequests’ – that some small-dollar gifts are problematic – I couldn’t help wonder whether it was a kind of stunt, like writing a novel without using the letter ‘e’. What could be […]
James George, ‘Chimeric Contacts and Consent: The Ill-Reasoned Expansion of Corporate Jurisdictional Exposure’
ABSTRACT Two recent Supreme Court decisions have imposed aspects of general jurisdiction in a way that exposes corporations and possibly other legal actors to litigation in spuriously connected forums. One case – Ford Motor Company v Montana – reached a fair result but with strained reasoning that will support unfair results. The second case – […]
‘New Trends in Teaching Contract Law’ – special issue of Law Teacher
€ Introduction to The Law Teacher special issue on ‘New Trends in Teaching Contract Law’ (Fred Motson and Marton Ribary) € Teaching contracts backwards: benefits of starting with remedies in contract law pedagogy (Seyed MA Zavarei) Revitalising unconscionable dealing in English law through interjurisdictional teaching (Raul Madden) Teaching contract law across multiple jurisdictions (Muhammad Zubair […]
‘Product Liability Reform’: Webinar (European Law Institute UK Hub), 19 January 2026
The Law Commission has embarked on a review of the UK’s legislation on liability for defective products. This review is very timely, because the current legislation dates back to the mid-1980s and was enacted as Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, based on the EU’s Product Liability Directive adopted in 1985. Since then, […]
Christian Ross, ‘Fair and Balanced: Why We Need a Federal Anti-SLAPP Law for Good-Faith Journalism’
ABSTRACT Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) pose a serious threat to free expression, often targeting journalists and media outlets to intimidate or silence critical reporting. Many states have adopted anti-SLAPP statutes that provide procedural protections for speech to deter meritless, speech-chilling suits. But not all states have such laws, resulting in a patchwork of […]
Engstrom and Holland-Stergar, ‘Competition and Contingency Fees’
ABSTRACT A debate has long raged concerning whether the contingency fee market for legal services is or is not competitive. The debate has been fierce because its stakes are sky high. If the market is competitive, current efforts to cut or cap contingency fees are clearly wrong-headed. If the opposite, then at least some efforts […]
Ayelet Gordon-Tapiero, ‘Unreal and Unjust: An Enrichment-Based Approach to the Deepfake Dilemma’
ABSTRACT Generative AI technology is taking the world by storm. The development of technology enabling creation and manipulation of content has give facilitated a substantial rise in the proliferation of deepfakes. Whereas in the past content creation and manipulation required a certain level of expertise, today deepfake technology is easily accessible and enables the quick […]