GNG 4170 Study Guide - Financial Statement, Tort, Contributory Negligence

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: General Engineering
• Course: GNG 4170
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Common-law : (principles in past cases: judge-made law, precedent: past cases are relevant to current decisions before the court. 1. the victim of a crime doesn"t bring the precedings, doesn"t start any court action. It"s the state bringing the wrong doer to. 2. "guilty" of the crime(do not use guilty in law terminology) The victim directly bring the precedings: liable(liability) for breach of contract, liable for the legislation, consists of contract law and tort law. Tort law: similar to criminal law. ----- intentional torts & unintentional torts. Defamation: an intentional tort where the reputation of victim is damaged by untrue public statements, may by the tortfeasor(someone who committed the tort) Libel: when the form of communication is in writing (newspapaer) Slander: when the form of communication is verbal. At the end of question: what liability in tort law arise from this facts?----give hypothetic in unintentional torts.