Explore: Strict Liability

In criminal and civil law, strict liability is a standard of liability under which a person is legally responsible for the consequences flowing from an

In criminal law, strict liability is liability for which mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") does not have to be proven in relation to one or more

civil code, or including strict liability within a comprehensive Consumer Protection Act. In the United States, product liability law was developed primarily

doctrine of strict liability for products injuries. His first edition of Prosser on Torts in 1941 argued that strict products liability was developing

European Union's Product Liability Directive imposes strict liability for defective products that harm people; such strict liability is not uncommon although

mental fault is not liable in criminal law. Exceptions are known as strict liability crimes. Moreover, when a person intends a harm, but as a result of

therefore liable for the crime. However, this is not necessary for strict liability offences, where no particular state of mind is required to satisfy

violence creates a perceived need to control them. Some restrictions are strict liability, whereas others require some element of intent to use the weapon for

regulation). The doctrine is effectively a form of strict liability. Negligence per se means greater liability than contributory negligence. In order to prove

absolute liability is whether the defence of a “mistake of fact” is available: in a crime of absolute liability, a mistake of fact is not a defence. Strict or