Legal Ignorance and Optimal Standards of Negligence
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Negligence in sterilisation: the changing legal regime.
Negligence in a sterilisation operation is a crucial issue in a country like India where sterilisation operations form an important part of government programmes. This article seeks to highlight the medico-legal dilemmas that surround this issue, and the legal pronouncements on it. The article also deals with a recent policy initiative--the Family Planning Insurance Scheme--that has been formul...
متن کاملProfessional Negligence, Paralegals and Modern Legal Ethics between the Bookends
Over the past few months three books have come to the office which deserve some attention from the legal profession. Each is unique in its own way and serves a useful purpose. The first of the three is Professional Negligence1 by Australian National University law professor David F. Partlett. The book deals fundamentally with tort liability of professionals, mainly, M.Ds. and lawyers, but inclu...
متن کاملLegal Standards, Enforcement, and Corruption
Stricter laws require more incisive and costlier enforcement. Because enforcement activity depends both on available tax revenue and the honesty of officials, the optimal legal standard of a benevolent government is increasing in per capita income and decreasing in officials’ corruption. In contrast to the “tollbooth view” of regulation, the standard chosen by a self-interested government is a ...
متن کاملKnowledge and Attitude of Midwifery Students towards Observing the Ethical and Legal Standards of Patients' Rights
Background & aim: In the midwifery profession, observing legal and ethical issues in professional practices should be emphasized. Legal and ethical advancements in the realm of midwifery have raised the need for midwives’ awareness as to patient rights. This study was performed to evaluate midwifery students’ knowledge and attitude towards observing the ethical and legal standards of patient ri...
متن کاملDesign and Enforcement of Legal Standards
Laws are costly to enforce. We explore the implications of this principle in a model where the design of the laws and their enforcement are determined jointly. A benevolent government trades off the benefit of a stricter legal standard with the cost of its enforcement. Therefore, legal standards and enforcement are complements, and increase in aggregate wealth. If bureaucrats are corruptible, t...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SSRN Electronic Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1556-5068
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.906084