1.4 Strict Liability against Tort

The idea: liability WITHOUT fault — the no-fault pockets where the law dispenses with the breach- proof: The strict liability's classic (the reservoir rule): the dangerous thing's escape from the land's non-natural use — liability without negligence, WITH the defences (the plaintiff's own default; the act of God; the stranger's act; consent; statutory authority; common benefit); The absolute liability's modern turn (the Bhopal-era rule): the hazardous-and- inherently-dangerous enterprise's liability — NO exceptions (the enterprise's full answer; the social cost's internalisation); The distinction (the exam's discriminator): strict = no-fault WITH defences; absolute = no-fault, NO defences; The product liability face: the defective product's strict answer (Unit 2.5 and Unit 4.6's world); The animals-and-buildings faces: the animal keeper's answer for the beast's harm; the structure's fall — the owner's answer.