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- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Criminal_Law/Introduction_to_Criminal_Law/07%3A_Parties_to_Crime/7.04%3A_End-of-Chapter_MaterialThis page examines legal concepts of complicity and accomplice liability in crimes, detailing distinctions between principals and accessories. It emphasizes that accomplices are liable for assisting i...This page examines legal concepts of complicity and accomplice liability in crimes, detailing distinctions between principals and accessories. It emphasizes that accomplices are liable for assisting in crimes, while accessories aid post-crime. Key doctrines like the natural and probable consequences and vicarious liability in corporate contexts are discussed alongside legal cases that clarify the requirements for establishing liability and intent.
- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Civil_Law/Foundations_of_Business_Law_and_the_Legal_Environment/19%3A_Partnership_Operation_and_Termination/19.03%3A_Operation-_The_Partnership_and_Third_PartiesThis page details partnership liability under RUPA, covering contract, tort, and tax implications. It explains partners' roles as agents, joint and several liabilities, and personal accountability for...This page details partnership liability under RUPA, covering contract, tort, and tax implications. It explains partners' roles as agents, joint and several liabilities, and personal accountability for partnership debts. New RUPA provisions enable partners to clarify authority and limit liability through filings. Also, while criminal liability usually applies to individuals, partners may share liability.
- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Civil_Law/Foundations_of_Business_Law_and_the_Legal_Environment/06%3A_Criminal_Law/6.04%3A_ResponsibilityThis page discusses the legal concepts of criminal intent and various excuses that can limit or eliminate responsibility for crimes. It highlights mens rea, which varies with the crime's nature, and o...This page discusses the legal concepts of criminal intent and various excuses that can limit or eliminate responsibility for crimes. It highlights mens rea, which varies with the crime's nature, and outlines common excuses like mistakes of fact, entrapment, compulsion, and lack of capacity (infancy, insanity). The text notes that not all crimes necessitate intent, particularly in regulatory matters, emphasizing the complexity of excuses and the critical role of intent in determining guilt.
- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Civil_Law/Foundations_of_Business_Law_and_the_Legal_Environment/15%3A_Liability_of_Principal_and_Agent_Termination_of_Agency/15.02%3A_Principals_Tort_and_Criminal_LiabilityThis page explains the principal's vicarious liability for employee torts, clarifying when principals are liable for actions within the scope of employment and distinguishing between direct and vicari...This page explains the principal's vicarious liability for employee torts, clarifying when principals are liable for actions within the scope of employment and distinguishing between direct and vicarious liability. It discusses exceptions for independent contractors and intentional torts, and emphasizes the "scope of employment" and "zone of risk" tests for determining liability.
- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Civil_Law/Foundations_of_Business_Law_and_the_Legal_Environment/15%3A_Liability_of_Principal_and_Agent_Termination_of_Agency/15.05%3A_Summary_and_ExercisesThis page outlines the legal responsibilities of a principal regarding contracts made by an agent, including express, implied, and apparent authority. It clarifies that principals may be liable for an...This page outlines the legal responsibilities of a principal regarding contracts made by an agent, including express, implied, and apparent authority. It clarifies that principals may be liable for an agent's torts, particularly under respondeat superior, but not for criminal acts without the principal's prompting. Agents usually aren't personally liable, except in specific circumstances.
- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Criminal_Law/Introduction_to_Criminal_Law/04%3A_The_Elements_of_a_Crime/4.02%3A_Criminal_IntentThis page summarizes various aspects of criminal intent (mens rea) in law, emphasizing its significance, classifications under the Model Penal Code (purposely, knowingly, recklessly, negligently), and...This page summarizes various aspects of criminal intent (mens rea) in law, emphasizing its significance, classifications under the Model Penal Code (purposely, knowingly, recklessly, negligently), and the concepts of strict liability, transferred intent, and vicarious liability. It discusses the importance of intent in determining culpability and legal outcomes, and highlights key court cases, such as State v. Horner and Dean v. U.S.
- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Criminal_Law/Introduction_to_Criminal_Law/04%3A_The_Elements_of_a_Crime/4.03%3A_Causation_and_HarmThis page explores causation in criminal law, differentiating between factual cause (direct link to harm) and legal cause (foreseeability). It covers the intervening superseding cause that can relieve...This page explores causation in criminal law, differentiating between factual cause (direct link to harm) and legal cause (foreseeability). It covers the intervening superseding cause that can relieve liability if unforeseen events occur and discusses homicide liability limits based on the timing of a victim's death. Two legal cases, Bullock v. State and Commonwealth v. Casanova, examine how unlawful behavior and prior precedents affect legal causation and liability in death cases.
- https://biz.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Civil_Law/Foundations_of_Business_Law_and_the_Legal_Environment/15%3A_Liability_of_Principal_and_Agent_Termination_of_AgencyThis page discusses the liabilities of principals and agents in contracts and torts, including the extent of a principal's liability for an agent's actions and the agent's personal liability. It also ...This page discusses the liabilities of principals and agents in contracts and torts, including the extent of a principal's liability for an agent's actions and the agent's personal liability. It also covers the termination of agency relationships, outlining how to relieve both parties from further liability. Key topics include principals' liabilities, agents' personal liabilities, and methods for ending agency relationships.
