Outline of tort law

The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to tort law:

Tort law – defines what a legal injury is and, therefore, whether a person may be held liable for an injury they have caused. Legal injuries are not limited to physical injuries. They may also include emotional, economic, or reputational injuries as well as violations of privacy, property, or constitutional rights.

Intentional tort – category of torts that describes a civil wrong resulting from an intentional act on the part of the tortfeasor (alleged wrongdoer).

Economic torts – torts that provide the common law rules on liability which arise out of business transactions such as interference with economic or business relationships and are likely to involve pure economic loss. Also called business torts.

Negligence – failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances

The duty to visitors in tort law is dependent on how the party involved not owning the land has entered the land.

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