Not So Fast: A Brief Plea for Muddling Through the Problems of Autonomous Vehicle Liability

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are likely to change a great deal about the practical workings of the liability system for auto accidents. However, we cannot know how just yet. Attempts to anticipate the future and preemptively redesign the liability system around its imagined contours are likely to invite error and frustration. Discretion often being the better part of valor, I suggest we muddle through a bit first.

What Practitioners can Teach Academics about Tort Litigation: Auto Accidents from the Plaintiff’s Counsel

When first hearing about a car accident and injuries many people, including academics, do not realize all of the issues that need to be considered when evaluating and reviewing whether a tort case can be filed. The various areas of investigation are discussed as well as other subtle areas, including the client background, that need to be considered before pursuing the case. In addition, alternative ways to resolve a car accident case are discussed.

Dealing with Auto Accidents

This chapter examines how Russians react after automobile accidents. It first describes the institutional infrastructure governing auto accidents before considering the aftermath of traffic accidents, with an eye to what it reveals about the country's legal culture. A comparison of water leaks and automobile accidents illustrates how people behave in the wake of such accidents. The chapter shows that Russians prefer to work out solutions on their own. They are skeptical of the capacity of formal legal institutions to provide help. It also discusses the ways in which Russians respond to auto accidents, such as seeking reconciliation, resorting to third-party intervention, employing avoidance strategy, negotiating privately, or initiating litigation to avoid having to go through the bureaucracy of their insurance companies.