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Union of India, in Indian tort law is a unique outgrowth of the doctrine of strict liability for ultrahazardous activities. Under this principle of absolute liability, an enterprise is absolutely liable without exceptions to compensate everyone affected by any accident resulting from the operation of hazardous activity.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... (2010) is a book edited by Charles Mitchell and Paul Mitchell, which outlines the key cases in English tort law.
Although federal courts often hear tort cases arising out of common law or state statutes, there are relatively few tort claims that arise exclusively as a result of federal law. The most common federal tort claim is the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 remedy for violation of one's civil rights under color of federal or state law, which can be used to sue ...
The Journal of Tort Law is a peer-reviewed law review covering tort law. It was established in 2006 and is published by the Berkeley Electronic Press. The editors-in-chief are Ellen Bublick and Greg Keating. The journal is indexed in Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, Intute, Scopus, and Westlaw.
Sometimes cited as "A Text-Book on the Law of Tort."] This book was subsequently edited by others and published under the title Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort. Cases on the Law of Tort. 1938. 2nd Ed: 1941. [6] 3rd Ed: 1945. 4th Ed: 1948. Restatement of the Law of Torts, Volume III. Contemporary Law Pamphlets, Series 1, Number 23. 1939.
A "tort" is a wrong in civil law, [1] rather than criminal law, that usually requires a payment of money to make up for damage that is caused. Alongside contracts and unjust enrichment , tort law is usually seen as forming one of the three main pillars of the law of obligations .
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Tort law is referred to as the law of delict in Scots and Roman Dutch law, and resembles tort law in common law jurisdictions in that rules regarding civil liability are established primarily by precedent and theory rather than an exhaustive code. However, like other civil law jurisdictions, the underlying principles are drawn from Roman law.