CRIM 135 Lecture 9: CRIM 135: LECTURE 9
6 Nov 2016
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Disputes between private citizens or businesses (2 individuals) Remedying of private wrongs; breach of a legal duty. Find a way to compensate of someone"s wrong doing. Liability: whether a person should be financially liable for wrongdoing. Both criminal offence and tort of intentionally inflicting physical harm. Crime: public wrong, offence against the public interest. Tort: private wrong, offence against an individual, corporation, or government. Oj simpson was found not guilty of crimes of murder but the families of nicole. Brown and ron goldman were successful in obtaining damages for the wrongful deaths. Mental component: criminal law much prove mens rea. That a guilty intention accompanied the wrongful act. Tort law must only prove the individual either did something intentionally, or was negligent, and caused harm. Only the initial act must be intentional; the subsequent consequences of the act may not have been foreseeable by the defendant.
