the Law of Torts When accidents occur and people suffer injuries, who ought to bear the loss? Tort law offers a complex set of rules to answer this question, but until now philosophers have offered little by way of analysis of these rules. In eight essays commissioned for this volume, leading legal theorists examine the philosophical foundations of tort law. Among the questions they address are the following: How are the notions at the core of tort practice (such as responsibility, fault, negligence
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