Absolute privilege and qualified privilege
Privilege , whether absolute or qualified , is a good defence against an action for defamation . The points of distinction between the absolute...
False imprisonment and Malicious prosecution
The difference between false imprisonment and malicious prosecution may be shown in the tabular form as follows:
False imprisonment.
Malicious prosecution.
1.
In the case of false imprisonment...
Justification and Fair Comment
Defamation is categorized as felonious tort meaning thereby it is civil wrong as well as crime . One can take both the two actions...
Malice-in-fact and Malice –in-law
Distinction in the between Malice-in-fact and Malice –in-law may be shown in the following tabular form:
Malice-in-fact
Malice-in-law
1.
When an act is done with ill- will motive...
Distinguish between Libel and Slander
A libel is the publication of a false and defamatory statement , in permanent form , tending to injure the reputation of another person...
Public nuisance and Private nuisance
Blackstone defined a nuisance as something that “ worketh hurt , inconvenience or damages .” The term nuisance has been derived from the French...
Assault and battery
Winfield has given an interesting example , distinguishing assault and battery , which is popularly accepted by all . According to Winfield , when...
Write short notes on Jurisprudence and Ethics, Psychology, Sociology
Q20. Write short notes of the following :
(a) Jurisprudence and Ethics.
(b) Jurisprudence and Psychology
(c) Jurisprudence and Sociology
Ans. (a) Jurisprudence and Ethics
Ethics as a branch...
Nuisance and Trespass
Trespass and Nuisance are two different matters being mutually exclusive from one another .
But there is similarity only on one point , that is...
Servant and an Independent contractor
The essential distinction between a servant and an independent contractor may be shown by the following tabular form .
Servant .
Independent contractor .
1.
A servant works...