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vicarious liability: a standalone construct

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vicariousliability1 CONSTRUCTVicarious liability SYKES · TORT LAW

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Tort law

holding one party, usually an employer, liable for wrongs committed by another acting on its behalf.

In tort law, vicarious liability refers to holding one party, usually an employer, liable for wrongs committed by another acting on its behalf. This meaning comes from Sykes (1984) in The Yale Law Journal.[1]

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References

  1. Sykes, A. O. (1984). The Economics of Vicarious Liability. The Yale Law Journal, 93(7), 1231. https://doi.org/10.2307/796257

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