Law 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Strict Liability, Judicature Acts, Implied Consent
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Concerned with interactions between private parties and the state. Most obviously: criminal law, constitutional law (but also: administrative law, Most obviously: tort law, contract law, property law (but also: unjust. What we can do with the things we own. Certain coherence about private law: moving from single individuals, to individuals related voluntarily, and to individuals related non-voluntarily. Tort law: tort law is a variety of private law, most generally, tort law governs various involuntary interactions between private individuals. Caveats: of course, the distinction is not perfect. General idea: in short: private law can be seen to protect various rights. To your person typically protected by tort law. To othe(cid:396)(cid:859)s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s typically protected by contract law. To your property typically protected by tort law and property law: there can be overlaps: i might negligently damage your car, which would be a tort involving property.
