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enterprise liability: a standalone construct

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Tort law

the idea that firms should bear the costs of injuries their products and activities cause, as a way to spread losses and insure victims.

In tort law, enterprise liability refers to the idea that firms should bear the costs of injuries their products and activities cause, as a way to spread losses and insure victims. This meaning comes from Priest (1985) in The Journal of Legal Studies.[1]

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References

Priest, G. L. (1985). The Invention of Enterprise Liability: A Critical History of the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Tort Law. The Journal of Legal Studies, 14(3), 461-527. https://doi.org/10.1086/467783

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