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Tort Theory

Tort Theory is a normative framework within private law that systematically accounts for the moral, corrective, and distributive justifications underlying tort liability, distinguishing it from other legal doctrines by its focus on the normative basis of civil redress for wrongfully caused harm.

551

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23.4K

Citations

531

Authors

248

Institutions

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2017–2026

36

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Publications

551

Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral

Guido Calabresi, A. Douglas Melamed · Harvard Law Review · 1972 · 1.9K citations

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The Economic Structure of Tort Law

John W. Palmer, William M. Landes, Richard A. Posner · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 1988 · 525 citations

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Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts

Guido Calabresi · The Yale Law Journal · 1961 · 489 citations

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Toward Unlimited Shareholder Liability for Corporate Torts

Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman · The Yale Law Journal · 1991 · 411 citations · Full text

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Fairness and Utility in Tort Theory

George P. Fletcher · Harvard Law Review · 1972 · 396 citations · Full text

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Authors

531

  1. GC
    Guido Calabresi

    Yale University, United States

    9 publications · 2.9K citations

    9

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  2. RA
    Richard A. Posner

    University of Chicago, United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

    h-index

  3. RD
    Robert D. Cooter

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    8 publications · 548 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. RW
    Richard W. Wright

    McGill University, Canada

    6 publications · 552 citations

    6

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  5. BC
    Benjamin C. Zipursky

    Fordham University, United States

    6 publications · 247 citations

    6

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Institutions

248

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    18 h-index

    23 publications

    4.7K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    757 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    12 h-index

    13 publications

    544 citations

  4. Chicago Kent College of Law

    Chicago, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    494 citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    188 citations

  6. Fordham University

    New York, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    213 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    381 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    211 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 58 publications · 1.6K citations

    24

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  2. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 27 publications · 1.8K citations

    21

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  3. Harvard Law Review

    26 publications · 3.3K citations

    19

    h-index

  4. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 21 publications · 592 citations

    15

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  5. California Law Review

    14 publications · 960 citations

    14

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