Crettez, Bertrand; Deloche, Regis - In: International Review of Law and Economics 31 (2011) 4, pp. 263-271
In common law legal systems, there is no legal duty to rescue persons in danger. By contrast in code-based legal systems, the principle of duty to rescue does apply. What is behind this difference? To answer this question, we develop a new model extending the reach and strength of the standard...