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3. See C. Dalton, Losing History: Tort Liability in the Nineteenth Century and the Case of Rylands v Fletcher (unpublished typescript dated 1987); A.W.B. Simpson, Bursting Reservoirs and Victorian Tort Law: Rylands and Horrocks v. Fletcher (1868), in: Leading Cases in the Common Law (1995);
4. G.T. Schwartz, Rylands v Fletcher, Negligence and Strict Liability, in: P. Cane/J. Stapleton (eds.), Essays in Celebration of John Fleming (1998);
5. K. Stanton, The Legacy of Rylands v Fletcher, in: N.J. Mullany/A.M. Linden (eds.), Torts Tomorrow: A Tribute to John Fleming (1998);