BLAW 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Santa Barbara City College, Nuisance, False Imprisonment
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Tort law is concerned with legally binding obligations that arise when one person"s wrongful conduct infringes on another person"s rights and loss or damage is caused. Crime= an act (or transgression or omission) that is in breach of the law - usually because it endangers or aggrieved individuals or society. Laws made to punish to prevent violation of law. Tort is a civil remedy to obtain damages in order to make the innocent party whole. Both are civil law / private actions, but tort law is about the rights and duties imposed by law. Tort law is about the rights and duties imposed by law. Case: decomposed snail [snail in the soda bottle] Finding out whos at fault of the careless action. This is the right to enjoy your land or goods without interference. The right to not be put in the fear of safety. The right to safety from other people""s unreasonable and careless conduct.
