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Which jurist is associated with the pigeonhole theory of tort liability?

Salmond's account treats the law of torts as a body of specific rules of liability. On that view, the claimant must bring the case within a recognized rule. Winfield's…

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Which jurist is associated with the pigeonhole theory of tort liability?

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Salmond's account treats the law of torts as a body of specific rules of liability. On that view, the claimant must bring the case within a recognized rule. Winfield's contrasting account sought a general principle underlying liability in tort.

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Winfield developed the contrasting general-principle account.

Option B

Salmond is associated with the view that liability must fall within a specific rule of tort law.

Option C

The pigeonhole account of tort liability is associated with Salmond.

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The pigeonhole account of tort liability is associated with Salmond.

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