define what distribution of wealth and income we consider desirable (just). Author focuses on the field of accident law and …

connected to the accident? This paper focuses on the implicit but powerful role that aggregation — of behavior, precautions, and … observed there and the accident at hand. The analysis here also sheds light on questions of legal thresholding that emerge in …

Accident law is the body of legal rules governing the ability of victims of harm to sue and to collect payments from … those who injured them. This paper contains the chapters on accident law from a general, forthcoming book, Foundations of … liability rules on incentives to reduce accident risks. Then consideration of accident law is broadened (chapter 5) to reflect …

This is a survey of legal liability for accidents. Three general aspects of accident liability are addressed. The first …-bearing and insurance, for the liability system acts as an implicit insurer for accident victims and it imposes risk on potential … injurers (because they may have to pay judgments to victims). In this regard, victims' accident insurance and injurers …

Under the usual tort rules, damages for an accident equal the victim's loss (compensation). This paper departs from …

because of failure to account for victim offsetting behavior (OB). A simple expected accident loss model is developed where …