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Comment author: Azathoth123 02 October 2014 01:23:35AM 2 points [-]

Did Ronald Coase die in vain?

The problem is that in the generality you want to apply it the Coase theorem is false.

Comment author: Salemicus 02 October 2014 08:21:58AM *  3 points [-]

But we do have working tort law in this area. It is a tort to imprison someone, and it is a tort to deliberately or negligently infect someone with HIV. So the Coase theorem does apply.