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  • General description

    Inputs: Besides its voluntary sources, the general theory of obligations includes other relatively or absolutely involuntary sources such as useful or harmful act and enrichment for no cause. This entails an explanation of the concept of liability in tort due to committing a mistake or occurrence of damage and the self-responsibility for the acts of others and responsibility for things. Outputs: To perceive legal effects of involuntary acts, and to understand the rules of liability in tort so that the student would perceive the basic principles of obligation that is considered an essential basis for legal business and provides the student and every legal practitioner with necessary juristic composition whether in judiciary, legal practice, or any other different field of life. Topics: • Concept of civil liability • Useful and harmful acts • Liability in tort • Self-responsibility for personal acts • Self-responsibility for others acts • Responsibility for things • Responsibility of controllers • Responsibility of masters for the acts of attendants • The theory of enrichment for no cause • Non payable payment • Remainder rules • Compensation rules