Please respond to the following:

1)    Explain what a tort is and what it is designed to do.

2)    Define preponderance of the evidence and indicate who has the burden of proof.

3)    Identify the differences between assault and battery.

4)    Describe the differences among slander, libel, and invasion of privacy, and describe the interests they are designed to protect.

5)    Explain the differences between trespass and conversion.

CHAPTER SEVEN:

1)    Explain how the tort of negligence differs from that of an intentional tort.

2)    Explain duty and causation.

3)    Define the reasonable person standard and why it is an objective standard.   

4)    Discuss the differences between the two kinds of comparative fault.

5)    Describe the factors a court considers when determining whether strict liability should be applied.