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Contributory Negligence

Contributory Negligence is a defence in the law of negligence and occupiers' liability whereby a claimant’s own breach of the standard of reasonable self-care, which is a legally relevant cause of the harm suffered, operates to bar or proportionately reduce the damages recoverable from an otherwise liable defendant.

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Gaming Law Review and Economics · 2016 · 2.2K citations

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Relation between Malpractice Claims and Adverse Events Due to Negligence

A. Russell Localio, Ann G. Lawthers, Troyen A. Brennan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 727 citations · Full text

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Toward an Economic Theory of Liability

John Prather Brown · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1973 · 579 citations

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A Theory of Strict Liability

Richard A. Epstein · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1973 · 468 citations · Full text

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A Theory of Negligence

Richard A. Posner · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1972 · 399 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MS
    Michael S. Moore

    College of Law, Latvia

    4 publications · 261 citations

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    Troyen A. Brennan

    Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States

    4 publications · 844 citations

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  3. PC
    Paul C. Weiler

    Harvard University, United States

    4 publications · 797 citations

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  4. LG
    León Green

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    4 publications · 117 citations

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  5. SS
    Steven Shavell

    National Bureau of Economic Research, United States

    4 publications · 272 citations

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  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    126 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    290 citations

  4. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    430 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    21 publications

    5.5K citations

  6. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    306 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    370 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    320 citations

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  1. International Review of Law and Economics

    27 publications · 992 citations

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  2. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 18 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 20 publications · 695 citations

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  4. Harvard Law Review

    11 publications · 272 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 10 publications · 165 citations

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