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133: 314: 235: 37: 1478:, the defendant was the licensed operator of a tavern which was found to have supplied minors with alcohol. The offence became one of strict or absolute liability when applied vicariously because of the need to protect weak and vulnerable members of society, and the omission of words such as "knowingly", "willfully" or "intentionally" in some of the offences indicated a legislative intent to permit this eventuality. In 1313:(CRS) which was enforced by a fear of loss of community reputation and of retaliation by the injured community if the appropriate compensation was not paid. In some countries where the political system supported it, collective responsibility was gradually phased out in favour of individual responsibility. In Germany and Italy, collective systems were in operation as late as the sixteenth century. 78: 1490:
reversed and remanded the case. The majority held that the defendant needed actual knowledge about the nature of his weapon in order for him to be convicted. The dissenting opinion states that it was irrelevant that he did not know about the modification because statutes regulating dangerous weapons
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of implied legislative intent. The issue of constitutionality in the form of a substantive due process clause requires a balancing of public interests and personal liberty. Although a statute making employers vicariously liable for their employee’s actions may serve the public interest by providing
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and so was not constitutional under Minnesota law. Consequently, the defendant should only be given civil not criminal penalties. It is noted that this prohibition had been in force since 1905, which had given the legislature many years in which to reform the law. The majority rejected the argument
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Before the emergence of states which could bear the high costs of maintaining national policing and impartial court systems, local communities operated self-help systems to keep the peace and to enforce contracts. Until the thirteenth century, one of the institutions that emerged was an involuntary
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is both the physical action of the employee and the legal action of the employer. For example, the activity of "driving" is purely a physical activity performed by the person behind the wheel. But when a cashier takes money as payment for goods, this is only the physical activity of selling. For
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This is generally applied to crimes that do not require criminal intent, e.g., those that affect the public welfare but which do not require the imposition of a prison term. The principle is that in such cases, the public interest is more important than private interest, and so the vicarious
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While communities were relatively small and homogeneous, CRS could work well, but as populations increased and merchants began to trade across ever wider territories, the system failed to match the emerging societies' needs for more personal accountability and responsibility. In England,
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requirement of knowledge. Hence, as long as defendants know that they are dealing with a dangerous product or device that places them in a responsible relationship to the public, they should recognize that strict regulations are more likely and assume that the
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can incur liability for the acts and omissions of an employee if committed by the employee in the course of employment and if the employer has the right to control the way in which the employee carries out his or her duties
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The courts generally convict employers for the illegal conduct of their employees even though the employers had no knowledge and so were not at fault. But in
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would intend to place the burden on the defendant to ascertain at his peril whether his conduct comes within the inhibition of the statute.
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Cultural Beliefs and the Organization of Society: A Historical and Theoretical Reflection on Collectivist and Individualist Societies
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liability is imposed to deter or to create incentives for employers to impose stricter rules and supervise more closely. In
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goods to be sold, the owner of the goods must pass legal title to those goods. In default, the customer would commit the
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is that there is no vicarious liability. This reflects the general principle that crime is composed of both an
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where a waitress served alcohol to a minor, the court found that the conviction of her employer violated the
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These justifications may work against one another. For example, insurance will increase the ability to do
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collective responsibility for the actions committed by one of the group. This was formalised into the
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another to do something that would otherwise have been unlawful. The verbs "possess", "control" and
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Contract Enforceability and Economic Institutions in Early Trade: The Maghribi Traders' Coalition
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that none of them "will be detained in England nor will they be partitions for another's debts".
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to opt out of the CRS and to appoint a sheriff and justices in 1133, and between 1225 and 1232,
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if they are directly responsible for causing both elements to occur at the same time (see
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for the actions of another when engaged in some form of joint or collective activity.
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Enforcing Cooperation Among Medieval Merchants: The Maghribi Traders Revisited
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Nevertheless, the idea of imposing liability on another despite a lack of
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may also have dual relevance depending on the context. Many of these are
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never really disappeared and courts have developed the principle that an
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This article is about the legal principle. For the civil law system, see
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Attempting to choke, &c. in order to commit any indictable offence
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are public welfare statutes and can be interpreted to exclude the
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Institutions and Impersonal Exchange: The European Experience
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Assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty
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