Torts Exam Notes Intentional Torts Trespass to the Person Battery - directly and intentionally (or negligently) bringing about a harmful or offensive contact with the person of another - the ‘body is inviolate‚ and that any touching of another person‚ however slight may amount to a battery’ - Rixon - doesn’t have to cause harm - Rixon v Starcity Casino - Collins v Wilcock - no requirement of hostility or anger - Wilson v Pringle - In Re F - exception is made
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The Need for Tort Reform in the United States Tort law is a type of law that is designed to offer remedies to civil wrongs. Unlike contractual damages that occur‚ where responsibility is predetermined‚ tort law is designed for someone who is legally injured to be able to recover damages from the person who is deemed legally responsible‚ or liable for such injuries. Tort law is broken down into three main categories‚ negligence‚ strict liability‚ and intentional tort. In negligence tort one is accused
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The Truman Doctrine and the Development of American Foreign Policy during the Cold War On March 12‚ 1947‚ President Harry S. Truman defined United States foreign policy in the context of its new role as a world superpower. Many historians consider his speech to Congress as the words that officially started the Cold War. The Truman Doctrine was a major break from U.S. historical trends of isolationist foreign policy. His speech led to the Cold War policy of containment. Moreover‚ it served as a
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The doctrine of the mean states that for someone to be a good person they must occupy the “golden mean‚” meaning a person may become virtuous by acting between the extremes of excess and deficiency. For example during war‚ the two extremes would be for a soldier to be rash or cowardly‚ but being courageous is the accepted golden mean. According to Aristotle‚ virtue lies in between the two extremes‚ which are the vices‚ and thus a virtuous person is one who can find the mean that is relative to
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Daniel Perez December 1‚ 2012 U.S. History Truman Doctrine World War II was a brutal international war that included the great powers of the world which are claimed to be The United States‚ Germany‚ USSR‚ Great Britain‚ Italy and Japan. The war lasted 6 long years‚ but in 1945 Germany and Japan both surrendered to The United States therefore terminating the devastating war. This drastic defeat resulted in The United States and the USSR to emerge as the super powers of the world‚ which then
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Tort Law Generally Standard of Care * (SoC) -Harm is required for a tort & is about vindicating individual rights & redressing private harms Motion to Dismiss/Demurrer: Filed by ∆‚ says to the judge that even if all the facts are taken as true‚ there’s no case Motion for Sum Judg: Usually motion by ∆‚ submit mostly after new facts arise from disco; filed w/ notion that facts are undisputed & that legal rules applied to facts would find for moving party (judge only) Object to Evidence & Offer
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The Doctrine of Ethos states that music effects character and emotion of man by way of morals or ethics. It was arranged into certain scales‚ each with a certain characteristic. Specific scales were said to be able to inspire rage or sadness. Some were said to inspire happiness‚ and one was even said to weaken the mind due to its simplicity. Greek music‚ of which the Doctrine of Ethos specifically talked about‚ wasn ’t just solely instrumental. Improvising‚ they usually incorporated lyrics and
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In the famous Monroe Doctrine‚ from December 2‚ 1823 during the period in which James Monroe took the presidency‚ John Quincy Adams advised Monroe to lay out an independent course for the United States of America‚ declaring four major points to address to congress. He made four basic statements: the U.S. shall not interfere with European affairs‚ shall not interfere with existing European colonies in the western hemisphere‚ other nations shall not form new colonies in the western hemisphere‚ and
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Q.1 Define Tort and explain its essential elements. Distinguish Tort from breach of contract and Crime. Ans. The term “Tort” has been derived from the Latin term “Tortum” which means to twist.It means twisted‚ crooked‚ unlawful‚ or a wrongful act rather than an act which is straight or lawful. Tort may be defined as a “Civil Wrong” which is repressible by an action for unliquidated damages and which is other than a mere breach of contract or breach of trust” Tort is a civil wrong as opposed
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1. Explain the Doctrine of the Separation of Powers and how it operates in Australia The Doctrine of Separation of Powers is widely used in many democracies around the world. It is based on the idea that in order to maintain civil liberty‚ there is a need to separate the institutions that make the law‚ those that execute it‚ and those which adjudicate the law. The concept was defined by Charles de Secondat‚ Baron de Montesquieu in Spirit of Laws1‚ this framework allows checks and balances in the
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