Chapter 6 - Tort law and cybertorts. After completing this chapter, students will be able to: Differentiate between the objectives of tort law and those of criminal law, outline the nature of respondeat superior, discuss the element of duty, identify the principal intentional torts and outline the elements of each, explain the four elements of negligence,…
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Tort Law and Cybertorts
Chapter 6
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1 Differentiate between the objectives of
tort law and those of criminal law
2 Outline the nature of respondeat superior
3 Discuss the element of duty
4 Identify the principal intentional torts and
outline the elements of each
5 Explain the four elements of negligence
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6 Contrast contributory negligence, comparative
negligence, and assumption of the risk
7 Judge when the doctrine of strict liability
applies
8 Discuss the emerging concept of cybertort law
9 Outline the various remedies available in tort
law
10 Point out some developments in tort reform
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• Tort Law Defined
– Tort Law versus Criminal Law
– Respondeat Superior
– The Element of Duty
– Causation and Juriscience
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• Intentional Torts
– Assault and Battery
– False Imprisonment
– Defamation and Disparagement
– Fraudulent Misrepresentation
– Invasion of Privacy
– Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
– Misuse of Legal Procedure
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• Defamation and Disparagement
– Defamation
– Disparagement
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• Invasion of Privacy
– Revelation of confidential records
– Intrusion
– Creating a false light
– Exploitation
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• Negligence
– Elements of Negligence
– Defenses to Negligence
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• Elements of Negligence
– Legal duty
– Breach of duty
– Actual and proximate cause
– Actual harm
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• Defenses to Negligence
– Contributory negligence
– Comparative negligence
– Assumption of the risk
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• Strict Liability
– Grounds for Strict Liability
– Product Liability
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• Cybertorts
– The Nature of Cybertorts
– Cyberdefamation
– Cyberdisparagement
– Cyberinvasion of Privacy
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• Cyberinvasion of Privacy
– Privacy and employees
– Privacy and clients
– Private privacy and public privacy
– Data mining of public private data
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• Remedies for Torts
– The Right to Damages
– The Right to an Injunction
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• Developments in Tort Law
– Survival Statutes and Wrongful Death
– The Tort Reform Movement
– Cultural Paradigms and Tort Reform
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• Survival Statutes and Wrongful Death
– Survival statutes
– Wrongful death statutes
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• The Tort Reform Movement
– Statutes of repose
– Comparative negligence and product liability
– Wrongful death reform
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• Cultural Paradigms and Balance in Tort
Law
– Cultural paradigms
– Balance in tort law