USA… Passing Off and Post-Mortem Image Protection: A Comparative Perspective 26 Oct 202626 Oct 2026 Using AI technology, deceased people can be realistically depicted doing acts they never did while alive. Sometimes these portrayals are authorised by heirs, as in the example of an AI-enhanced…
Italy… Justifying Strict Liability: A Comparative Perspective, by Marco Cappelletti 31 Mar 202330 Mar 2023 The imposition of strict liability in tort law is controversial, and its theoretical foundations are the object of vigorous debate. Why do or should we impose strict liability on employers…
Criminal law and justice… Explaining Tort and Crime (CUP 2022), by M Dyson 20 Jan 202329 Oct 2026 Explaining Tort and Crime describes how English examples of the relationship between tort and crime have developed over the last 170 years, testing those explanations against examples from other legal…
The common law world… Event – Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World 13 Jan 202329 Oct 2026 The new University of Bristol Centre for Private and Commercial Law will be formally launched on 8 February 2023 starting at 17.00-19.00 in the Lady Hale Moot Court 8-10 Berkeley…
Tort… Comparative Torts – Liability for AI, by Emmanuelle Lemaire 9 Dec 202229 Oct 2026 The BACL Annual Seminar, chaired by Professor TT Arvind (York University), took place online on 6th September 2022 at the start of Society of Legal Scholar’s Annual Conference at King’s…
The common law world… Vicarious Liability in the Common Law World, edited by Paula Giliker 21 Oct 202229 Oct 2026 The common law doctrine of vicarious liability in tort is both controversial and on the move. In the last 20 years, this doctrine – which holds one party (usually an…
