…taken, a policy known as strict liability (see also manufacturer’s liability).

…known in Anglo-American law as strict liability offenses, and in French law as infractions purement matérielles. In German law they are excluded because the requirement of mens rea is considered a constitutional principle.

…a particular product, and (3) strict liability, in which a seller or manufacturer can be held liable for a defective product even if the conditions of negligence or breach of warranty do not apply. An active consumerism movement is credited with the courts’ increasing acceptance of arguments based on manufacturer’s…

Strict liability statutes are proliferating the world over and survive alongside judge-made rules such as that enunciated by the English decision of Ryland v. Fletcher (1868), which held that anyone who in the course of “non-natural” use of his land accumulates thereon for his own…

strict-liability theory. Each essentially attaches a guarantee to the product intended to promote product safety, quality, and conformity. Although it does not compel a warranty, the due-care theory pushes manufacturers to avoid negligence and to act reasonably to protect consumers in the design, choice of…