ABSTRACT
The author [1932] AC 562 has entered the secular canon of common law judgments, both in its outcome and in its methodology. She would have fallen between the cracks of the old law: she had no contract with either the manufacturer or the retailer, since her friend had purchased the drink. Indeed, wild law enlightens us to the legal conception that creatures of the earth are treated as subjects of the law, rather than as objects of the law. Buddhist teachings are generally acclaimed to be atheistic. Buddhism is more known for its philosophy, a way of life, than as an institutionalized form of religion. In Buddhism, it is important that we recognize every sentient being is endowed with the gift of life. Some lives may be short, some long. The Buddhist perspectives relied on here are compatible with our understanding of the framework of the modern workings of the tort of negligence.
