Media, Information and Technoculture 2156A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Contributory Negligence, Vicarious Liability, Lord Ordinary

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2156A/B
• Professor: James Hildebrand

Document Summary

Law as a civil action, a private law suit. Things that the law recognises as being wrong, things that you can sure for. The same event may generate civil or criminal liability, or both. The plaintiff the person doing the suing, the injured party. Onus of proving the case lies of the plaintiff. Standard of proof in civil case on the balance of probabilities. Tort law imposes some sort of duty or obligation on you. Intentional torts you wanted (intended) to do the thing that the law says to be wrong: trespass, assault the threat of abuse/damage, wrong confinement/false imprisonment, defamation. Actionable pe se: actionable you can sue, pe se in theory. You do not need to prove that any injury occurred. The judge is granting the plaintiff a remedy because the wrong thing was done. Tort feaser the person doing the wrong doing.