BU231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Subrogation, Contributory Negligence, Partial Defence
Document Summary
The purpose of tort law is to compensate victims for harm caused by the activities of others. Tort a wrongful act causing harm to the person or property of another. Usually punishment is left to the criminal law, if the conduct in question happens also to amount to a crime. A tort identifies a set of circumstances that creates a right to claim compensation. Tort law is one way of apportioning loss, along with other approaches such as insurance and government compensation schemes. Strict liability liability that is imposed based upon causation regardless of fault. Gradually, the idea developed that a person should not be responsible for harm caused to another if he acted without fault. Early tort law evolved in two ways: the law took into account the fault of the defendant and it also took into account causation whether the defendant"s conduct could be considered the cause of the harm.
