SAS#5 Flashcards
focus on characteristics, traits or virtues a good person should have
personal character and moral habit development rather than a particular action
VALUE ETHICS
recognition and enforment of rights and duties of private citizens and organizations
PRIVATE LAW
Two basic types of private law
TORT
CONTRACT LAW
existence of legal duty from defendant to plaintiff
breach of that duty
damages which are a proximate result
TORT ACTION
tort categories
NEGLIGENT TORT
INTENTIONAL TORTS
LIABILITY ASSESSED IRRESPECTIVE FAULT
unintentional commission or omission of act a person would or would not do under same or similar circumstances
NEGLIGENCE
Execution of unlawful or improper act
MALFEASANCE
improper performance of act that leads to injury
MISFEASANCE
failure to perform an act, when there is a duty to act
NONFEASANCE
reckless disregard for safety of another
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
No physical contact, verbally coursing or threatening someone
ASSAULT
Offensive touching and bodily injury
BATTERY
Written defamation, harmed reputation of others
LIBEL
Spoken or oral defamation
SLANDER
Illegal confinement against individual against his or her violates confined individual right to be free from constraint
False imprisonment