Management and Organizational Studies 2275A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Legal Personality, Oppression Remedy, False Imprisonment

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

Document Summary

Deterrence want to encourage people to not behave badly. Awarding plaintiffs large sums of money that might discourage people that act like the def acted in that case. Civil law punishment is not a primary concern. Can have a tort law case and a criminal case on the same facts very different but can arise from the same set of facts. Tort law comes from precedents changes over time. Every case that is decided becomes part of the law. He didn"t punch me, its like he did -> said untrue things about me that harmed my reputation, similar type of harm: birth of defamation. Evolved and expanded over time all kinds of torts. Each one because a judge has been persuaded to give a plaintiff a remedy because their case was similar enough to give precedents. Anomaly but if it gets followed, it is a new tort.