Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Intentional Tort, Lift Ticket, Private Law
13 Apr 2018
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Concerned with interactions between private parties and the state. Most obviously: criminal law, constitutional law (but also: administrative. Most obviously: tort law, contract law, property law (but also: unjust. Tort law is a variety of private law. Most generally, tort law governs various involuntary interactions between private individuals. E. g. , i negligently hit you with my car. You don"t ask to be hit, and the relationship that we enter into as a result of me hitting you isn"t one to which you consented to. Still, tort law imposes obligations on me, and makes me liable for certain damages i thereby cause you. Compare that situation with the interactions we find in contract law. In contract law, two parties voluntarily come together to from a contract. One party offers, the other party accepts, and consideration passes from one to the other; in short, a contract is formed.
