The Duty to Rescue and the Registry for Caregivers: A Guest Post
In two previous posts, we examined laws exempting family members from prosecution for harboring fugitives and laws either granting or permitting sentencing discounts on account of one’s family status, ties, or responsibilities. These are two of the benefits defendants receive on account of their family status in the criminal justice system. Read More »
Time for Tort Reform?
A family in Saudi Arabia is suing a genie for theft and harassment. The family accuses the genie of “leaving them threatening voicemails, stealing their cell phones, and hurling rocks at them when they leave the house.” Read More »
For Sale: One Kidney?
Virginia Postrel examines the kidney donation system in the United States, where 11 people die every day waiting for a kidney transplant. Exchanging organs for payment is illegal in the U.S. although recent developments in organ exchanges, including donation chains, have been successful. These innovations alone, however, won’t solve the problem, and Postrel advocates a new system that includes both financial incentives and measures to protect donors. Read More »
Do You Owe $23 Quadrillion?
An unidentified computer glitch has led Visa to overcharge several of its cardholders for routine purchases at drug stores, gas stations, and restaurants, to the tune of $23,148,855,308,184,500.00 each. These charges, as far as we can tell, exceed the sum total of wealth accumulated in human history. Read More »
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