Influential academics

Paul Scholten (1875-1946) played a significant role in the development of no-fault liability. His thesis of 1899 pointed out that statutes already imposed liability in many instances based on grounds other than fault. Industrial accidents often could not be linked to any personal fault, but were due to legal persons and their business processes. Therefore he also predicted that ‘in the future’ the legislature would have to expand those instances to other situations.

(Ref. Dutch paper)