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Law of Torts: Strict and Absolute Liability, Cyber Torts and Vicarious Liability
Legal Studies · Chapter 10 · 5. Law of Torts
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- Strict (no-fault) liability: the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher and its exceptions
- Absolute liability: the rule in the M.C. Mehta (oleum gas leak) case; strict versus absolute liability
- Cyber torts: meaning and examples
- Vicarious liability: meaning, essentials and the maxims qui facit per alium facit per se and respondeat superior