Law And Fault Flashcards
1
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Oxford dictionary defines Fault as
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“Something wrongly done” “mistake” and “culpability”
2
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Fault-
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Legal Moral Term used to describe a person’s culpability or blame worthiness
3
Q
UK has a…
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Fault based legal system
4
Q
A persons liability is dependent of…
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Fault
5
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Criminal law-
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People are guilty being to blame beyond reasonable doubt
6
Q
Marker of blame which…
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Imposes responsibility and therefore justifies imposition of penalties and identifies person who should be punished
7
Q
Criminal law is based on…
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Principle of fault
8
Q
Defendant will only be liable if…
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They are proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt that they are to blame
9
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This is based on notion of individual responsibility-
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Those who chose to behave in the way they do are responsible for consequences
