Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Vicarious Liability, Tortious Interference, Unintended Consequences

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B
• Professor: Philip King

Document Summary

Barbra streisand effect: attempt to hide/remove/censor piece of information has (cid:1) unintended consequence of publicizing information more widely (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Compensation getting remedy for damages: distributive justice. Tort law isn"t criminal law, although they"re often confused. Eg: tort of assault vs crime of assault. Tort law is civil law about 9049/compensation: burden of proof is balance of probabilities . Criminal law is public law about punishment: between state and accused, burden of proof is beyond any reasonable doubt . Much harder to win criminal case than tort case. One of the most famous cases of this is o. j. Criminal law which went 1 way guilty or innocent. Tort law which went the other way liable or not. Tort law comes from common law case law (precedent: cases which stand for certain principles, always evolving over time b/c case law evolves over time. Originally only 2 torts: trespass to person (battery, trespass to property.