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NEGLIGENT WRONGDOING [1 record]

Record 1 2015-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The different treatment accorded to inevitable accident and unavoidable mistake could be superficially explained on the ground that ... [the courts] found little authority standing in the way of transforming trespass into a remedy requiring proof of intentional or negligent wrongdoing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

agissements négligents : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • agissement négligent

Spanish

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