Several American Stories and the Duty to Rescue Cover Image

Няколко американски истории и задължението да окажеш помощ
Several American Stories and the Duty to Rescue

Author(s): Silvia Tsoneva
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Tort Liability for Omissions; Duty to Rescue
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the issue of tort liability for omissions in the case of the duty to rescue. The legal treatment of this question in the Anglo-American and Bulgarian laws is laid down in parallel. The approach of the two legal systems is compared and major problems of the liability for omissions are brought to light.