This is a survey of legal liability for accidents. Three general aspects of accident liability are addressed. The first is the effect of liability on incentives, both whether to engage in activities (for instance, whether to drive) and how much care to exercise (at what speed to travel) to...

This paper analyses J.S. Mill's theory on the relationships between individual autonomy and State powers. It will be argued that there is a significant discrepancy between Mill's general liberal statements aimed to secure individual largest possible autonomy and the specific examples which...

This paper discusses models of law and regulation of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). The discussion focuses on four models: the black letter model, the emergent model, the ethical model, and the risk regulation model. All four models currently inform, individually or jointly, integrally or...

This Article addresses a range of problems arising from the failure of state courts to analyze the relationship among different forms of judge-made law governing lawyers. Ordinarily, state supreme courts promulgate disciplinary codes and local court rules governing lawyers practicing in their...

Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) is a relatively new tool that has been introduced into the legislative system of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia. To streamline its implementation, all three countries have decided to conduct a pilot RIA in a very similar area — administrative...

It has been long recognized by members of both major political parties that federal regulatory burdens can operate as a hidden tax. President Donald Trump has echoed that view. In response, his administration has issued a “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review” Memorandum to executive branch...

As the embodiment of classical competition, freedom of contract was still a fundamental notion for the American economists of the Gilded Age. For this reason, it played a key role in the controversies about competition and regulation that agitated the US legal and political landscape between...

Common Law Definition of Employment:What is the difference between an employee and an independent contractor? Both do work for pay; I do a job, and you pay me for it. It's not complicated — until government gets involved. Formal employees require paperwork, legal and regulatory compliance, and...