fandomhigh | Concepts of Justice and The Law [Period 4, Class #15, Apr 20]

"Welcome to our last class together," Alex said, offering her students a light smile. "I'll be honest: I've really enjoyed our conversations this semester. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about justice, and thank you for your insights and perspectives on all the subjects we've covered. They've been nothing short of fascinating."

She gestured to the stack of papers on her desk. "This, of course, is your final. It's structured just like the midterm was. You can use anything you may have brought with you, but you shouldn't need to. You cannot work with your classmates, and I'll ask that you not talk to one another until all exams have been handed in. Even if you and your friend are both finished, the next person over might not be, and your conversation could be a distraction.

"Once you've handed in your exam, you're free to leave. Or, if you'd rather, you can stick around and tell me what you thought of class -- what I did wrong, what I did right, anything like that. But for now, you've got finals to complete. Good luck, and show me what you know."

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A tort is defined as being a wrongful act that causes harm to another person. Torts are addressed in civil court, where individuals seek compensation for personal wrongs.

Torts are wrongful, but not necessarily criminal. Give one example of an act which could be a criminal tort, and one that could be non-criminal.

A criminal tort, Bod started, could be medical malpractice. You're physically harming someone due to your own negligence and possibly causing more damage than was originally there.

A non criminal tort is defamation. If you're purposefully tarnishing the reputation of someone, you're not physically harming them but you are harming them and they might take you to civil court to try and prove this.

Ben wrote in detail about a hypothetical case where someone could be tried for war crimes while the families of their assassination victims also filed for monetary compensation.

He wondered a bit why the Imperial Remnant hadn't tried this route on his father at one point or another.

A criminal tort would be on where an individual hurt someone will drunk-driving, and the injured party sued for damages.

A civil court would be possibly where a tradesman's work was not completed and he refused to refund a preliminary fee; or vice versa, where a businessman took a non-paying customer to court. A personal wrong, but debatable about whether there was a crime, if each party was aggrieved as to the outcome of their business transaction.

If I run up to you in the street, punch you in the face, and run, I've committed the criminal act of assault and could have a criminal tort placed against me.

You might also place a civil tort against me if punching you in the face caused lost wages -- for example, if you work as a model and had to miss several days of work while your injuries healed. You could also use the tort to sue for emotional distress.

A criminal tort is where you cause harm or injury, often through negligence, though occasionally with malicious intent. Battery, the unwanted, harmful, and/or offensive contact upon another's person, is both a crime and a tort, in that it can be prosecuted by both the state (criminally) and a private party (civilly).

An example of a non-criminal tort is alienation of affection, where the plaintiff can sue a third party for the alleged failure of the plaintiff's marriage.

A criminal tort could be something where someone is beaten up because of their race and they sue to get money to pay their doctors bills. A civil tort could be if someone doesn't do something they were paid to do, or they do it badly.

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If there was an accident and someone got hurt, but there was really no person to blame, just, like, a part malfunction or something? That would be a Tort. Also, if someone agreed to a contract and then didn't keep his appearances because his new girlfriend didn't like the attention he was getting from the president of the fanclub, his breaking of the contract could also be a tort!

Wow, she hoped she remembered the definitions right.

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