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2012

Torts

Intentional torts

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Innocent Threats, Concealed Consent, And The Necessary Presence Of Strict Liability In Traditional Fault-Based Tort Law , Marin Roger Scordato Feb 2012

Innocent Threats, Concealed Consent, And The Necessary Presence Of Strict Liability In Traditional Fault-Based Tort Law , Marin Roger Scordato

Pepperdine Law Review

This article identifies and carefully analyzes the use in tort law of what is termed unilateral and bilateral legal analysis. Unilateral, or one-party, analysis involves the design of legal doctrine that is focused on the characteristics or status of a single legal person. It is traditionally associated with criminal law, where the doctrinal attention is tightly focused on the criminal defendant. Inquiry may be made regarding the nature and degree of harm suffered by the victim, or whether the victim agreed to the harm producing act, but these considerations are generally relevant only to the degree that they shed light …


The Torts Restatement's Inchoate Definition Of Intent For Battery, And Reflections On The Province Of Restatements, Joseph H. King Jan 2012

The Torts Restatement's Inchoate Definition Of Intent For Battery, And Reflections On The Province Of Restatements, Joseph H. King

Pepperdine Law Review

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