absolute liability

"We're not convinced that we have total, absolute liability."

I doubt that he would applaud a Federal law imposing absolute liability against the city for all accidents.

As such, absolute liability offences do not allow for a defence of mistake of fact.

In other words absolute liability is strict liability without any exception.

One of the controversies in Indian tort law concerns the rule on absolute liability.

Less serious criminal offices may involve strict or absolute liability to which there is a defence only in very limited circumstances.

In Canada, absolute liability is one of three types of criminal or regulatory offences.

The case lays down the principle of absolute liability and the concept of deep pockets.

The issue before the court was whether the city's offence should be classified as strict liability or absolute liability.

In offenses of absolute liability, other than the prohibited act, it may not be necessary to show the act was intentional.

Exception to the mens rea requirement for strict and absolute liability offences.

To determine if an offence is an absolute liability offence, the courts must look at:

This is called strict liability or absolute liability.

Strict liability is sometimes distinguished from absolute liability.

Absolute liability, however, requires only an actus reus.

He introduced absolute liability in India.

Therefore, most offences are not absolute liability offences, and usually will require an explicit statement in the statute.

Specifically, jail violates a person's liberty and an absolute liability offence is not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.

It's an absolute liability today.

Absolute liability offences must be clearly labeled as such in the Criminal Code or criminal legislation.

This includes provincial and federal offences, criminal or otherwise, but precludes any absolute liability offences.

As such, developing case law is moving towards absolute liability for the handlers of animals deliberately released to intentionally maim suspects.

An absolute liability offence is a type of criminal offence that does not require any fault elements to be proved in order to establish guilt.

Historically, there are examples of "exceptions" carved out even under absolute liability assumptions, thus almost always providing for what would be perceived as a just result.

Holmes contended that the state law prescribed absolute liability and that the issue to be decided was the effect of federal jurisdiction: