BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250820T145340EDT-5210POlUau@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250820T185340Z DESCRIPTION:Common law and civil law jurists seek to make clear what privat e law\, and the law of extracontractual liability in particular\, is confi ned to performing and doing. Famously Oliver Wendall Holmes\, in The Commo n Law (1881) had stated that “The general principle of our law is that los s from accident must lie where it falls\, and this principle is not affect ed by the fact that a human being is the instrument of misfortune.” In thi s way he confined the very possibility of compensation through the notion that as a general matter it should not arise. Civilians confine the operat ion of the private law somewhat differently by viewing obligations as gene rally contractual – operating by the consent of those bound by them – and only exceptionally extending extra-contractually. But one way or the other \, vicarious liability allows us to observe the private law deconfining it s conception of fault in order to take account of the risk that moral pers ons create. In particular\, the Supreme Court of Canada’s appeal to “publi c policy” in order to do so provides a point of entry into the deconfineme nt of private law.\n\nJoin us.\n\n \n\nAbout \n\nRichard Janda is Associat e Professor at the Faculty of Law\, ϲ University.  He teaches extraco ntractual obligations\, business associations\, administrative process and environmental law. A former clerk to Justices Le Dain and Cory of the Sup reme Court of Canada\, he was also Director of the Center for the Study of Regulated Industries at ϲ University. He is currently leading the My ko project.\n\n \n DTSTART:20220121T180000Z DTEND:20220121T194500Z LOCATION:Zoom SUMMARY:Vicarious Liability Deconfines Private Law URL:/law/channels/event/vicarious-liability-deconfines -private-law-336471 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR