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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.
The title pages of Cooley's Treatise on the Law of Torts (1907) [4] and General Principles of Constitutional Law (1st ed., 1880) [5] Many of the original tomes memorializing and comprising Cooley's scholarly works are preserved and on display in the Thomas M. Cooley Law School Strosacker Law Library.
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 ...
William Lloyd Prosser (March 15, 1898 – 1972 [1]) was the Dean of the School of Law at UC Berkeley from 1948 to 1961. Prosser authored several editions of Prosser on Torts, universally recognized as the leading work on the subject of tort law for a generation. It is still widely used today, now known as Prosser and Keeton on Torts, 5th
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 .
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.
The Law of Torts (1907) [4] (for which Harvard University in 1911 awarded Salmond the James Barr Ames Prize for the best legal treatise published in the world over five years) Principles of the Law of Contracts (1927) with P. H. Winfield. [5] Two of these in particular, Salmond on Jurisprudence and Salmond on Torts, are regarded as legal classics.
Patrick Selim Atiyah, QC FBA (5 March 1931 – 30 March 2018) was an English lawyer and legal scholar.He was best known for his work in the common law, particularly in the law of contract and for advocating reformation or abolition of the law of tort (tort reform).