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In developing and using any computer system, but particularly a safety critical system, significant legal risks are raised in addition to commercial and technical risks. This paper analyses risk in safety critical systems within a legal context, indicates some of the areas of liability which may arise at law, and introduces some formal approaches to managing that risk.
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Burnett, R. (1996). Anticipate and Prevent — Managing the Legal Risks in Safety Critical Systems. In: Redmill, F., Anderson, T. (eds) Safety-Critical Systems: The Convergence of High Tech and Human Factors. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1480-2_9
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