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... They are discretely produced, localized, personally controlled, or of natural origin, and often immediate in their effects the risks of cottage industries, wood stoves, transportation by car, and the like. The "old" tort law revolved around private hazards and thus touched a relatively narrow range of human activities.
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... These rules limited the reach of tort law very considerably. They confined tort litigation to the resolution of narrow, bipolar disputes.
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  • tort law
  • power plant
  • agent orange
  • private risks
  • private hazards

  • bipolar disputes
  • tort litigation


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