Origin of word negligence – The word negligence derived from latin term ‘negligentia’ that means ‘disregard’. Meaning & definitions of Negligence When there is no intention of causing harm to the person complained of – it is called as negligence. Carelessness on the part of defendant constitutes negligence. If, there is an unreasonable conduct followed…
Power is always based on some foundation, which is often referred to as the source of power. It is the variety of these grounds that enables the influencer or power-holder to change the people’s perception of the contingencies and therefore shape their behaviour in a way that sends the former’s wishes. There are numerous electricity…
Modern Perspective of Political Science – During the last two decades there has been an intellectual revolution in the American Political thought as Almond Powell and G. Bingham observed altogether new political concepts and new political theories have been invented. These new political theories have had a huge impact not just in the United States,…
HC Kolkata on Immoral Traffic Act, 1956. The client cannot be prosecuted until proven to have exploited the sex worker. HC Kolkata: A brothel customer cannot be prosecuted under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 unless it is proved that he is financially exploiting a sex worker, the Calcutta HC has ordered. The HC, while…
Mental Element in Tortious Liability, Unlike criminal law, where mens rea or guilty mind is an important factor to determine a crime, in a tort, the state of mind of a person is not so important, and in fact irrelevant, except in certain cases (because unlike criminal law, the focus in the law of torts…
Characteristics of behaviouralism by David Easton ; David Easton, one of the most important exponents and founders of the behaviouralist political school of thought, has summed up behaviouralism around eight characteristic features. These are: (1) Value free; (2) Verification: (3) Techniques; (4) Regularities; (5) Quantification: (6) Systematisation, (7) Integration and (8) Pure Science. 1. Value-free…