TORT & INSURANCE LAW UPDATE No. 127 Provided as a service to the firm’s clients and friends. April 2024 by Andrew J. Petersen Word View as World View By Andrew J. Petersen Years ago, I studied literary criticism. Literary criticism developed under various methodologies, including textualism, structuralism, deconstruction, postmodernism, colonialism, psychoanalytic criticism, feminism, formalism, and
Continue ReadingTORT & INSURANCE LAW UPDATE No. 126 Provided as a service to the firm’s clients and friends. February 2025 UPDATE ON PROXIMATE CAUSE By Andrew J. Petersen “The issue of proximate cause is composed of both a question of fact as well as a question of law. . . the question of law is whether
Continue ReadingTORT & INSURANCE LAW UPDATE No. 125 Provided as a service to the firm’s clients and friends. April 2024 by Andrew J. Petersen Psychological Reactance Theory I recently updated my research on psychological reactance theory (PRT). This is mostly for a paper on censorship I am presenting at Claremont College next month. One of the
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