08th October 2008
Tort-Obligations II
Tutorial 1

1. What is Tort law for?
▪The law of tort- The word derives from the French for ‘Wrong’.
▪ The civil action for damages aims at compensation as opposed to criminal prosecution. Restoring the status quo.
▪Appeasement- the object of early law is to prevent disruption of society by disputes arising from the infliction of injury. The victim’s vengeance is bought off by compensation, which gives him satisfaction in 2 ways; he is comforted to receive the money and he is pleased that the aggressor is discomfited by being made to pay.
▪Justice- The law of tort was thought to be the expression of a moral principle. A person, who had caused damage to another, ought as a matter of justice to make compensation.
▪Deterrence- the action in tort is designed to control the future conduct of the community . Bentham; both criminal punishment and tort damages were sanctions and therefore evils. The purpose of threatening them......

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Title: Public Law
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