Law 3101A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Tort, Consumer Protection, Retributive Justice
16 Oct 2018
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Tort law: - victim suffers damage + wants someone else to compensate for damage. Ways to compensate damage caused by wrongful act civil law tradition: tort law is a uniform common law: has developed different kinds of torts = law of torts. Negligence: - donghue vs. stevenson (snake bar case) Breach of legal duty = damage to someone to whom care was due. > changed law of torts to tort law. Distribution of damage over society which is fair + efficient. Grants people compensation for damage caused by others (prevention of damage) Fault liability: - actor has to compensate victim for cause of unlawful damage compensatory/ retributive justice: requires wrongdoer to compensate his damage. Strict liability: - victim suffers damage (cause by an animal or car) Person is liable for damage although it was not its cause economic efficiency: - distribute damage over society =leads to less costs for society (cid:523)people rather ensure themselves against tigers, (cid:524)
