Law of Negligence: Duty of Care, Standard of Care, and the Notion of Personal Responsibility

摘要

This essay's main body divides into two parts. After a brief background of the historical development of the law of negligence, the first part is to demonstrate the principles of Duty of Care and the Standard of Care, including duty of care for negligent acts and the guidelines of breaching the standard of care. Then it will analyze the special duty of care within parent and child from three aspects. Finally the essay will provide a conclusion to summarize all the information above and give a clearly understand of duty of care for negligence.