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Limitations Of Tort Law

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Law of Torts
Why is tort law litigation not popular in India unlike in the USA?

Law is any rule commonly accepted by society and enforced by the state for smooth functioning of society. Such law is usually classified into two types, civil and criminal. Law of torts, falls under civil law. The term ‘tort’ is the French equivalent of the English word ‘wrong’ and the Roman law term ‘delicit’. It is derived from the latin term ‘tortum' which means twisted or crooked as opposed to the term ‘rectum’ which means straight.The idea is that any individual who causes harm to another individual must have to provide compensation for the same. Tort law was a mere obscure term till the middle of the 17th century. It eventually entered into English law by the usage of the French-speaking English lawyers and judges, particularly from the Courts of Normandy and Angevin Kings of England and is extremely popular in today’s day and age in UK, France and several other common law countries.
In the USA also the law is highly evolved and widely used in practise and is evidently successful. This success is massively owed to the prevalence and acceptance of the concept of compensation which can be seen in landmark cases such as the Mcdonald’s coffee case and Donghue vs Stevenson where examplary damages have been awarded. This enables the citizen to have faith and confidence to approach the system in hope of due justice. Overall it can be observed that the lawyers and judges have successfully

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