Tort Reform and Related Proposals: Annotated Bibliographies on Product Liability and Medical Malpractice. Edited by Bruce A. Levin and Robert Coyne. Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1979. Pp. xiii, 249. U.S. $30.00. [25 per cent discount to libraries, academics and students.]

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-83
Author(s):  
Stanley E. Horst
Keyword(s):  
Medical Malpractice ◽  
Product Liability ◽  
Tort Reform

Medical liability, product liability, and the question of tort reform

1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (12) ◽  
pp. 1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Ross-Lee ◽  
Lois E. Kiss ◽  
Michael A. Weiser
Keyword(s):  
Product Liability ◽  
Tort Reform ◽  
Medical Liability

Doctors On Trial: A Comparison of American and Jewish Legal Approaches to Medical Malpractice

1993 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Fruchter
Keyword(s):  
American Medical ◽  
Medical Malpractice ◽  
Strict Liability ◽  
Tort Reform ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Malpractice Law ◽  
The Law

The recent and continual call for tort reform has many scholars proposing alternatives to current U.S. medical malpractice law. Most commentators limit their discussions to variations of the two Anglo Saxon theories of liability — negligence and strict liability. Little has been written examining the legal treatment of medical malpractice in other cultures. This article compares and contrasts Jewish and American medical malpractice law, examining both the contemporary and ancient sources of the law.

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