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[Hague-jur-commercial-law] Lots of different definitions of delicts (0 words) |
 | Delicts are either public or private: The public are those which affect the whole community by their hurtful consequences; The private is that which is directly injurious to a private individual. |
| http://www.luiss.it/erasmuslaw/scozia/obligations.htm Involuntary Obligations Delict Delict is the area of the law which governs the obligation to refrain from wrongful conduct which may harm the interests of another, and the duty to compensate one who is harmed as a result of your wrongful conduct. |
| Strict Liability Strict liability delicts arise where the harming of the interests of an individual are sufficient for the existence of delictual liability, regardless of the intentions or the negligence of the individual who causes the harm. |
| [Hague-jur-commercial-law] What exactly are "delicts"???? (0 words) |
| Just as US law will recognise different circumstances as torts from those recognised as torts in English law, so Scots law recognises different circumstances as delicts from those recognised as torts in English law. |
| To answer your example, the delict of nuisance would cover unsocial acts that do not result in damages to the person who sues. |
| At the US Copyright and Department of State meetings, it was reported that delicts were somewhat different. |
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