Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Lift Ticket, Private Law, Public Law

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

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Background: public law, concerned with interactions between private parties and the state, most obviously: criminal law, constitutional law (but also administrative law, tax law, municipal law, private law, concerned with interactions between private parties, most o(cid:271)(cid:448)iously: tort la(cid:449) . Tort law: tort law is a variety of private law, most generally, tort law governs various involuntary interactions between private individuals, ex. I negligently hit you with my car: you do(cid:374)(cid:859)t ask to (cid:271)e hit a(cid:374)d the relatio(cid:374)ship that (cid:449)e e(cid:374)ter i(cid:374)to as a result of (cid:373)e hitti(cid:374)g you isn"t one to which you consented to, till, . Contract law: compare that situation with the interactions we find in contract law. So we would have an initial contract but a subsequent involuntary interaction giving rise to harm: moreover, there are some areas of tort law where duties are assumed by the parties (see hedley.