Abstract
The emerging approach to the definition of reasonable care in torts asserts that people are entitled to rely on the assumption that others will act carefully. Authority for this position may be gleaned from both judicial opinions and general surveys of the law. Many who are sympathetic to the economic approach to legal analysis accept this proposition as an accurate statement of law and conclude that this entitlement creates incentives that minimize accident costs. This Article demonstrates that this is not the law and that is not a desirable rule, either from the economist's "wealth maximizing" perspective or from the humanist/feminist perspective we develop.
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36 Ariz. L. Rev. 357 (1994)
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