POLS 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Punitive Damages, Private Law

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2350
• Professor: Baker

Document Summary

Governments can quash tort by creating and using statutes that treat them differently. Without tort law, serious issues would go unnoticed and unsolved. Criminal law may miss a lot because of the serious nature of most criminal laws. Do not have to proves beyond a reasonable doubt therefore better chance of compensation. Serious damage and serious wrongdoing that would go unnoticed. Canadian rewards have always been less generous. In the u. s. no matter the outcome, you pay for your legal fees. In canada, if you lose you have to pay your own legal fees .