The Secondary Legal Duty to Pay Damages

(2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 283

10 Pages Posted: 28 Jan 2020 Last revised: 1 Jun 2020

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Sandy Steel

University of Oxford

Robert Hedley Stevens

University of Oxford

Date Written: September 15, 2016

Abstract

This short paper argues against the view that the commission of a harmful private wrong only gives rise immediately to a liability to pay damages.

Keywords: Private Law Theory, Damages, Duty, Right, Liability

Suggested Citation

Steel, Sandy and Stevens, Robert Hedley, The Secondary Legal Duty to Pay Damages (September 15, 2016). (2020) 136 Law Quarterly Review 283, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3466468 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3466468

Sandy Steel (Contact Author)

University of Oxford ( email )

Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
United Kingdom

Robert Hedley Stevens

University of Oxford ( email )

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Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
United Kingdom

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