Law Practice
Oct. 9, 2018
Illness can make you a better person
I have been pondering "commensurability," an important concept in law, after my diagnosis with a rare, serious autoimmune disease.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
This year, I have been thinking about "commensurability." That is a fancy term that philosophers use to debate whether it is possible to compare different conditions; if X and Y are incommensurable, they are unique and beyond measuring against one another. The concept is important in law. The general public cares, too: for example, workers' compensation systems that reimburse for injuries are based on the notion we can compare, meaningfully and justly, the loss of a ...
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