Serious Tort Reform Isn\u27t: A Critique of Professor Sugarman\u27s Serious Tort Law Reform

In another critique of Prof. Sugarman\u27s proposal, the author argues that Prof. Sugarman\u27s proposals do little to practically solve the current problems of victim compensation, and in fact leave many victims uncompensated and does not provide incentives for safe behavior. The author further argues that Prof. Sugarman\u27s proposals lack the requisite impartiality to objectively effect serious tort reform

How Serious Is Sugarman\u27s Serious Tort Law Reform ?

This author again presents a critique of Prof. Sugarman\u27s tort reform proposal. The author argues that, while Prof. Sugarman\u27s critique and analysis of the problems of current tort law are valid, his solutions will not lead to the desired result

Doing Away With Battery Law

Steve Sugarman is one of contemporary tort law’s leading figures, and one feature of his career which stands out is that he is willing to challenge modern orthodoxy. As the title of his classic 1985 article, Doing Away With Tort Law suggests, Sugarman is willing to recommend sweeping changes to private law. In Restating the Tort of Battery, Sugarman offers a proposal almost as radical as his 1985 proposal to get rid of tort law. Although he doesn’t say he wants to get rid of battery, once he is finished “restating” it, it is hard to see what is left of it. In this essay, I will not engage directly with Sugarman’s proposal, but I will try to describe its motivation and determine its limits – which, I believe, are not as easy to find as Sugarman may believe

Book Review

Reviewing Albert G. Sugarman, Examining the Medical Expert: Lectures and Trial Demonstrations, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 196

Great Lakes Focus on Water Quality: vol.4 iss.2

Editor: Mr. Sugarman, Focus readers are curious about the new United States Chairman of the International Joint Commission. What particular knowledge, experience and perspectives do you bring to the Commission? R. Sugarman: First, I\u27d like to make it clear, I am not an expert on the Great Lakes. In fact, I didn’t know much about them until I began preparing for this assignment. But, since the beginning of this year, I’ve done a lot of reading—a catch-up course, so to speak

Great Lakes Focus on Water Quality: vol.4 iss.1

On April 27, Robert J. Sugarman was sworn in as a new Commissioner of the International Joint Commission. He has succeeded Henry P. Smith, lll, as Chairman of the United States Section, following Mr. Smith\u27s recent resignation. Mr. Sugarman is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Stanford University (History) and Brown University (Classics). He is a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Dechert, Price and Rhodes and on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Environmental Defense Fund

Family Choice: The Next Step in the Quest for Equal Educational Opportunity?

Various policy issues surrounding educational voucher plans are explored: Who would provide schools under such plans? What rules would govern enrollment (including concerns about one-race schools)? What variety of schooling should be permitted and how would they be evaluated? Voucher plans are compared with other related educational reforms in particular, school finance reform. Federal efforts to experiment with voucher plans are discussed in an Appendix