LWSO 203 Lecture Notes - False Imprisonment, Punitive Damages, Private Law
15 Apr 2013
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March 11, 2013: criminal law vs. civil law. Criminal law: public law, accused/ crown prosecutor, guilty/not guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt. If found guilty in criminal law then your found liable in civil law but it"s not always the other way around: tort law a) b) c) Types of torts: i) intentional: negligence, safe functioning of social , compensating the injured party for wrong done via for monetary award damages, try not to punish the person who acted negligencially. In come neg. cases you can be awarded punitive damages. Involuntary duties imposed upon us by the law, equally for the protection and benefit of all of us. Intentional: false imprisonment, deathemation: liable-when you write something false, blaring your radio late night, damaging property, misrepresentation, fraud: negligence a) b) c) d) Damages: key principle: restitution in integrum return the parties to their, special damages vs. general damages, pecuniary vs. non-pecuniary damages original position, neg.
