LAWG 101D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Obstetrics And Gynaecology, Edward Mctiernan, Judicial Notice
23 Jan 2018
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"adult-like" responsibility as well as taking on some legal rights: we understand children as "care-free" -- so the idea that"s make up the private law of civil wrongs are inherently in conflict with childhood. "one such risk is that boys of twelve may behave as boys of twelve; and that, sometimes, is a risk indeed. : onus is on those around a boy of 12 to "stay out of the way" It would be artificial for the law to impose a standard that is impossible for this kid to follow. "it is, i think, a matter for judicial notice that the ordinary boy of twelve suffers from a feeling that a piece of wood and a sharp instruments have a special affinity. : mctiernan j. Case illustrates: discernment is a prequisite for liability and fault itself: does howard understand right from wrong, art.
