Oliver wendell holmes, Is it justice if a totally innocent

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

1. Is it justice if a totally innocent person has to pay for the wrongdoings of another person who deliberately has done wrong?

2. Would Holmes agree that the purpose of the law is to produce justice? Support your answer with something specific in the reading.

3. According to Holmes, does the law of liability ever require a totally innocent person to pay for the wrongdoings of another person who has deliberately done wrong? Support your answer with something specific in the reading.

4. According to Holmes, what is the purpose of the law? Support your answer with something specific in the reading.

5. According to Holmes, why did liability law change so that a person could pay compensation instead of an offender being punished?

6. According to Holmes, what is the real reason why maritime law uses the legal fiction that a ship is a person? What makes this legal fiction a useful foundation for modern corporation law?

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