Vicarious Liability and Rothbardian Libertarianism

Since libertarianism recognizes strict liability for damages caused by the defendant’s property rather than only by the defendant’s direct actions, and since under libertarianism physical components (such as labor) of another’s behavior might in some circumstances be rightly considered the defendant’s property, then it follows that under libertarianism the defendant might also be held strictly liable for the conduct other people. In fact, vicarious liability can be the most efficient method of internalizing costs of injuries occurring in interactions between enterprises and customers and so would be assumed voluntarily by business owners when contracting with clients and employees.