Class LiabilityAllocator

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.law.LiabilityAllocator

public final class LiabilityAllocator
extends Object

Provides algorithms for allocating liability and damages in multi-party legal disputes. Supports comparative negligence and joint and several liability models.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static final record	LiabilityAllocator.Party	Represents a party involved in litigation with their assigned fault and damages.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Map<String,Real>	distributeLiability(double totalDamage, List<LiabilityAllocator.Party> parties)	Distributes total damages among parties based on their fault ratios (Comparative Negligence).
static Real	jointAndSeveralOutcome(double totalDamage, double maxSolventCapacity)	Calculates the outcome for a party under the Joint and Several Liability rule, limited by their solvent capacity.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

distributeLiability

public static Map<String,Real> distributeLiability(double totalDamage,
 List<LiabilityAllocator.Party> parties)

Distributes total damages among parties based on their fault ratios (Comparative Negligence).

Parameters:

totalDamage - the total amount of damages to be distributed

parties - the list of parties involved

Returns:

a map where the key is the party name and the value is the assigned liability as a Real number

jointAndSeveralOutcome

public static Real jointAndSeveralOutcome(double totalDamage,
 double maxSolventCapacity)

Calculates the outcome for a party under the Joint and Several Liability rule, limited by their solvent capacity.

Parameters:

totalDamage - the total damages awarded

maxSolventCapacity - the maximum amount the party can pay

Returns:

the resulting damage amount as a Real number