Journal of Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Law

Journal of Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Law

Journal of Law of Torts and Consumer Protection Law [2583-3898(e)] is a peer-reviewed hybrid open-access journal launched in 2018 concerned with the redressal of wrongful civil actions by awarding compensation. In a society where men live together, conflicts of interest are bound to occur and they may, from time to time, cause damage to one or the other.

• Foundations and Development of Tort Law: Research on the historical, doctrinal, and jurisprudential development of tort law, including the evolution of civil wrongs, judicial innovation, changing standards of liability, and the relationship of tort law with contract, property, and public law.
• Negligence and Duty of Care: Studies on duty of care, breach, causation, foreseeability, standards of reasonable conduct, professional negligence, contributory negligence, assumption of risk, and evolving judicial approaches to liability for negligent acts.
• Strict, Absolute, and No-Fault Liability: Research on strict liability, absolute liability, hazardous and inherently dangerous activities, enterprise liability, statutory liability, environmental harm, product-related risks, and compensation mechanisms that do not depend on proof of fault.
• Vicarious and State Liability: Studies on employer liability, institutional responsibility, liability of public authorities, sovereign and non-sovereign functions, public-duty claims, professional malpractice, and contemporary developments in vicarious liability.
• Causation, Remoteness, and Assessment of Damages: Research on factual and legal causation, intervening acts, remoteness, foreseeability, mitigation, contributory fault, pecuniary and non-pecuniary loss, punitive damages, and principles governing assessment and allocation of compensation.
• Defamation, Privacy, and Personality Rights: Studies on defamation, reputation, privacy, freedom of speech and expression, public-interest communication, media liability, online publication, intermediary responsibility, and the balance between personal rights and expressive freedoms.
• Product Liability and Consumer Safety: Research on defective products, unsafe goods and services, manufacturer and seller liability, duty to warn, product recalls, consumer safety standards, compensation, and regulatory approaches to product-related harm.
• Consumer Rights and Unfair Trade Practices: Studies on consumer rights, misleading advertisements, unfair or restrictive trade practices, deceptive marketing, unfair contract terms, quality deficiencies, pricing, disclosure obligations, consumer choice, and business accountability.
• Consumer Protection in Digital and E-Commerce Transactions: Research on online marketplaces, digital contracts, platform liability, electronic payments, subscription services, dark patterns, online fraud, data-driven marketing, consumer consent, and remedies arising from digital commerce.
• Medical and Professional Liability: Studies on medical negligence, professional malpractice, informed consent, standard of care, institutional liability, professional accountability, compensation claims, and tortious responsibility in healthcare and other professional services.
• Motor Accident and Personal Injury Compensation: Research on road-traffic liability, motor accident claims, personal injury, disability compensation, fatal accident claims, insurance-related compensation, assessment of damages, and victim-oriented legal remedies.
• Environmental and Mass Tort Liability: Studies on industrial disasters, pollution, toxic exposure, public nuisance, environmental damage, mass claims, collective injury, corporate responsibility, compensation schemes, and liability for widespread or long-term harm.
• Emerging Torts and Technology-Related Liability: Research on artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, algorithmic harm, cybersecurity incidents, data breaches, digital defamation, privacy violations, platform misconduct, and other technology-driven forms of civil liability.
• Consumer Dispute Resolution and Redressal Mechanisms: Studies on consumer commissions, courts, mediation, arbitration, online dispute resolution, class or representative actions, grievance mechanisms, enforcement of orders, and access to effective consumer remedies.
• Comparative and International Tort and Consumer Law: Comparative research on tort liability, consumer protection regimes, product liability, damages, collective redress, cross-border transactions, and international approaches to consumer welfare and civil compensation.
• Indian Tort and Consumer Protection Law: Research on Indian tort principles, judicial developments, constitutional torts, the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, product liability, consumer commissions, e-commerce regulation, compensation jurisprudence, and contemporary reforms. The journal welcomes doctrinal, empirical, comparative, and interdisciplinary scholarship where tort law or consumer protection forms the central legal contribution.