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Common law thread
Post interesting precedent setting cases.
In Canada, Hunt v Sutton 2001;
tl;dr:
Hunt worked for Suttin inc. Suttin inc. hosted a christmas party which served alcohol. Hunt got drunk as fuck, left and went to a pub, left the pub, and drove home but got in a car accident and was maimed.
Hunt sued her eployer, Sutton, for allowing her to leave in such an inebriated state. The Court found the employer to be 25% liable, and the bar to be 25% liable.
This set the precedent that employers hosting parties that involve alcohol need...
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>>830314
Remember when personal responsibility was a thing? I'm not sure how this would play out in Australia, but 25% seems fairly high. I can't see why, notwithstanding her inebriated state, her choosing to drive wasn't the last causal link in the chain to the accident.
The NSW Civil Liability Act has provisions for obvious risks but iirc they mostly pertain to dangerous sports; but the analogy can and should be drawn imo.
>>830416
>Remember when personal responsibility was a thing?
The overall effect of this precedent has a societal good. Sure employers could host events, let their staff drive home drunk and not give a fuck. But with the added liability it encourages employers to provide taxis for their staff, or make sure everybody can use public transit. Ultimately it makes social gatherings safer.
And with bars and restaurants it's the same thing. It encourages bars and restaurants to call cabs for...
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>>830416
>The NSW Civil Liability Act
Tips bicorne
Red pill me on Vikings....between 395AD +
>What they did
>Were they good warriors
>>829008
white mongols with ships
They were okay fighters. Most Scandinavian people were "vikings" though. I'm pretty sure you have it in your head they were all vikings and all raiding all the time.
>>829008
>What they did
They farmed most of the time. When they weren't doing that they were either engaging in long distance trade or piracy
>Were they good warriors
About as good as any other informal military force at the time. The Varangian Guard were likely the best Norse Warriors.
>God isn't real because bad things happen
> God is real because the universe needs a first cause
>something can come from nothing
>Jesus is just son of God, he isn't God
Name a single thing he did wrong.
Lose power.
>>826812
Get older
Could you explain the helicopter meme pls?
Did troop quality in Europe fell after the Roman Empire had fallen? Were there any medieval entity in Europe capable of matching the Roman legion's skill and discipline?
I'm not talking about having a professional army/administration that the empire had but in a hypothetical scenario, would the ancient Romans be capable of taking on medieval European soldiers, regardless if they're a knight/mercenary etc.?
>>825356
Obviously Roman legions would be able to take on medieval knights. It's not like knights had guns or anything.
>inb4 handcannons
>>825356
mm
iirc Romans had a problem dealing with heavy cavalry
high medieval knights would crush romans with superior technology. the middle ages saw many mercenaries who were masters of their craft.
What went wrong?
>>825327
> building in a desert
I don't know.
>>825327
An army made up mostly of levied goatherders from various vassal state
>>825336
That doesn't mean anything you imbecile. Egypt was in a desert, and Egypt most certainly WUZ
Why did the Japanese fear Christanity so much and repressed it as a foreign religion, when Buddhism and Taoism are also foreign religions but didn't get the same treatment?
>>816012
Christianity was too weird for them.
Also, I can imagine Christianity would clash with Shintoism. Meanwhile, other eastern religions would just get meshed together.
>>816027
>too weird for the nips
now THAT is impressive
