POLB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Private Law, Social Forces
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Week 4: donoghue v. stevenson: public and private law, tort law, duty to care, neighbor. Public law includes constitutional, administrative, and criminal law and focuses on the organization of the government, the relations between the state and its citizens, and the responsibilities of government officials. Private law settles disputes among groups of people and compensates victims. Tort law deals with situations where people have suffered harm from the wrongful acts of others. Negligence: conduct that falls below the standards of behavior established by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm. Modernization, industrialization (social change) -> legal change. Law as an arena of struggle between social forces. Conditions for a finding of liability: duty of care, relation between wrongdoer and victim, foreseeability, causal connection between breach of duty and resulting injury. (cid:862)you (cid:373)ust take (cid:396)easo(cid:374)a(cid:271)le (cid:272)a(cid:396)e to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour.
