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In the early twentieth-century debate about English tort law, which jurist is classically associated…

John Salmond favoured an account of tort law based on specific categories of actionable wrong. The pigeon-hole label describes that account. Winfield is usually associated…

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In the early twentieth-century debate about English tort law, which jurist is classically associated with the ‘pigeon-hole theory’ of specific recognised categories of wrong?

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John Salmond favoured an account of tort law based on specific categories of actionable wrong. The pigeon-hole label describes that account. Winfield is usually associated with a broader theory of general liability.

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Salmond favoured the account based on specific kinds of actionable wrong.

Option B

Austin is a distinct jurist. The recognised attribution in this debate is to Salmond.

Option C

Winfield is usually associated with the broader general-principle account, although he recognised the narrow view’s practical role.

Option D

Clerk and Lindsell are associated with a separate tort treatise. The named theory is attributed to Salmond.

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