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Re: Criminal Justice
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:19:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> what does "loss of society" mean?
Loss of that person's company; the loss of the relationship with that person.
> If in either or both cases, the kid has no claim, then I'm not sure that it
> makes sense for us to assume the kid has such a full claim to the assumed
> income of the murdered parent. I do understand that the removal of potential
> wealth is different in nature, but the common thread is the child's claim on
> the parent's life.
Well, I'm not sure that a child does either -- certainly not all of it. But
there could be other claimants, like a spouse. I think earlier in the
thread we were talking about ALL of the possible persons damaged by such a
loss. Once we start talking about highly particularized instances, we may
also have to dispense with the generalities that no longer match the given case.
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) Setting aside the loss of income issue (because I'm still not sure and don't have anything insightful to say), what does "loss of society" mean? (...) Let's imagine that a kid is part of a rich family until he's ten (way old enough to have (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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