LAWS 2202 Study Guide - Final Guide: Reasonable Person, Appeasement, Lams

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Individual fault injuries from one individual to another: autonomy, free-will, self-interest. 2: reasonableness reasonable person, did your carelessness injury this person, what would the reasonable person do the reasonable man . A person has a right not to be harmed by another person. A right to not be harmed by someone else"s carelessness. What standard of duty care do they hold to not injure you. Compensation: people should not be injured but if they are they deserve to be put back in the position they were in the first place. Deterrence: stop people from doing it again, punish the guilty, deter others from bad behaviour. Complement to criminal law: sue an offender in the civil courts; add to the list of law enforcement officers. Psychological benefit: appeasement, do something without approval. Market deterrence, economic efficiency: a sentinel of safety lower accidents, incentives to switch to safety.