Unifying the study of these diverse subjects of study is sociologyâs purpose of understanding how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural and social structures.
In personal injury and similar torts cases, ârespondeat superiorâ is a rule of law stating that the employer of a negligent defendant is also responsible for the defendantâs actions. The phrase ârespondeat superiorâ means âlet the master answer,â and the rule of respondeat superior is also known as the âmaster-servantâ rule.
Superior orders, often known as the Nuremberg defense, lawful orders or by the German phrase Befehl ist Befehl (only following orders, literally an order is an order), is a plea in a court of law that a personâwhether a member of the military, law enforcement, a firefighting force, or the civilian populationânot be held guilty for actions which ...