The Morality of Strict Tort Liability

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

2 Assistant professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

3 Ph.D. Student, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Abstract

The basis of morality is justice. Justice is also a balance between all values and goals. In the law of torts, a rule that better meets the overall objectives of the law of torts would be moral. Accordingly, in cases where strict liability can better meet the objectives of the law of torts, its application will be entirely moral. The purpose of imposing tort liability is not to punish, but to return the parties to a balanced situation that the parties had before the incident. Therefore, in the injurer's liability who upset this balance, malice and negligence are not among the necessary conditions. In some cases, either strict or negligence liability regime, liability is imposed on a person who has not committed a fault. In cases where neither party has committed a fault, the fault cannot be a factor in assigning liability. In these circumstances, what can justify the imposition of costs on one of the parties, the injurer, is the causal and attributive relationship that exists between the action and the damage.

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Private Law
Volume 19, Issue 1
Spring & Summer
April 2022
Pages 73-92

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