Hotel-Keeper’s Responsibility as a Bonus Pater Familias

  • Emma Minerva Brambilla
  • 27/09/2025
  • 15 min read

This article by Emma Minerva Brambilla was previously submitted as part of PBL2000 and is being published with the author’s permission. The role of the hotel-keeper embodies a profound responsibility akin to the Roman Law concept of bonus pater familias, ensuring the well-being and comfort of both guests and visitors within the accommodation. This responsibility […]

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Moral Damages in Maltese Tort Law

  • Ariane Aquilina
  • 16/03/2016
  • 11 min read

Ariane Aquilina, ‘Moral Damages in Maltese Tort Law’ (Online Law Journal, 16 March 2016). According to the Oxford Dictionary of Law, a tort is: ‘A wrongful act or omission for which damages can be obtained in a civil court by the person wronged, other than a wrong that is only a breach of contract’.1 Article […]

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