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The norm that 'one is responsible for the acts done by one's servant or agent in the course of their normal assigned duties' is laid down by

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The norm that 'one is responsible for the acts done by one's servant or agent in the course of their normal assigned duties' is laid down by
  1. doctrine of strict liability
  2. doctrine of absolute liability
  3. doctrine of vicarious liability
  4. doctrine of fault liability

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Correct answer: C - doctrine of vicarious liability
Liability for the acts of one's servant or agent done in the course of employment is vicarious liability, summed up in the maxim qui facit per alium facit per se (he who acts through another acts himself). It arises from the relationship, even though the master is not personally at fault. Strict and absolute liability concern the escape of dangerous things, not acts of a servant, and fault liability needs the defendant's own fault.

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