Transferred intent is a doctrine in the law of torts, as well as in criminal law. A tort is either an act, or a failure to act, that results in injury or harm to a person. Tort law is a branch of civil law, not a branch of criminal law. This means that people found guilty in...
Transferred-IntentTort ReformProsserTrespassVicarious LiabilityAbsolute WrongNegligenceKeel v. HainlineContributory NegligenceComparative NegligenceThe transferred-intent doctrine is a fiction that is no longer needed by American tort law, because of the replacement of contributory negligence with comparati...
In that respect the Act is consistent with the well-settled criminal law doctrine of transferred intent, which provides that when an individual acts with the intent to harm one person, and during the course of the offense hurts another, the law considers the perpetrator to be just as guilty ...
The Significance of Transferred Intent The doctrine of transferred intent (or transferred "malice" in England) generally provides that if A attempts to harm B but, because of bad aim, misses and... Westen,Peter - 《Criminal Law & Philosophy》 被引量: 3发表: 2013年 ...
Transferred intent is a doctrine common to both tort and criminal law, but it is a fiction-tolerated without enthusiasm.'In torts the doctrine has lost favor, being replaced by the rule expressed by Car-dozo, CJ, in the well-known case of Palsgraf v. Long Island RR 2 InWilfred J. ...