Foundational Literature · 1961
Questions of This Material
When do imposing liability for harm and broadly distributing risk work in the same direction?
Bibliographic Information
- Title
- Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts
- Author
- Guido Calabresi
- Year of Publication
- 1961
- Publisher/Medium
- The Yale Law Journal 70(4), 499–553
- Material Type
- Foundational literature
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Korean Reading Guide
This work examines who bears accident losses and the implications of how risks are shared for resource allocation. The tort law liability rules can be read through the twin lenses of accident prevention and risk distribution.