In this article I address the question of whether the omissions principle – the principle that the common law does not impose liability for omissions – applies with the same force in negligence cases involving public authority defendants as in cases involving private defendants. My argument is that the answer depends upon the answer to a prior question: can a duty of care be based upon the public law powers and duties of a public authority? In making my argument, I refute the views both of those who insist that a claim in negligence against a public authority can be rejected purely because it relates to an omission not falling within one of the standard exceptions to the omissions principle and of those who insist that such a claim can succeed while at the same denying that a duty of care can be based on a public authority's public law powers and duties.

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公共部门的疏忽责任

在本文中，我将探讨不作为原则——即普通法不对不作为规定责任的原则——在涉及公共当局被告的过失案件中与涉及私人被告的案件中是否具有同样的效力。我的论点是，答案取决于对先前问题的回答：注意义务是否可以基于公共当局的公法权力和义务？在提出我的论点时，我驳斥了那些坚持认为对公共当局的疏忽索赔可以被拒绝纯粹因为它涉及不属于不作为原则的标准例外之一的不作为的观点和那些坚持认为的观点。这种主张可以成功，同时否认注意义务可以基于公共当局”