Conflict of Laws has guided nations, individual lawmakers, lawyers, and scholars for centuries. The discipline's rigorous analytical doctrines assist in resolving power clashes among governments and facilitate deep reflection on modes of legal regulation, governmental structure, and the nature...

This paper discusses the economics of causation in tort law, describing precise implications for precautionary incentives when courts are and are not perfectly informed. With precautionary incentives identified, we can ask whether the causation inquiry enhances welfare, and if so under what...

The applicable jurisdiction for insolvency proceedings, as provided by the Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings, is the court of the Member State where the debtor's centre of main interest (COMI) is located (Article 3(1)). The Regulation, however, does not provide a...

In an effort to reduce the amount of compensation available to persons injured by medical malpractice and other torts, opponents of the civil justice system are proposing to limit claimants' recovery for future care expenses to the maximum annual out-of-pocket limit under the Affordable Care Act...

Spanish Abstract: En nuestro ordenamiento el arbitraje constituye un histórico y arraigado instituto heterocompositivo y potestativo de resolución de controversias coadyuvante de la jurisdicción que, sin embargo, parece estar hoy subestimado e, incluso, infravalorado en las instancias...

Spanish Abstract: Desde hace varias décadas una de las materias jurídicas más beligerantes en sede de responsabilidad civil -ya sea contractual o extracontractual- la constituye aquélla que afecta a los profesionales sanitarios, sobre todo, la relativa a los profesionales de la Medicina y la...