21. In many other common law countries, strict liability for defamation is still the rule. 22. These offences may properly be called offences of strict liability . 23. Strict liability reduces litigation costs, because a plaintiff need only prove causation, not imprudence.24. Such strict liability makes them an easy target for spurious claims, the builders contend. 25. Strict liability also seeks to diminish the impact of information asymmetry between manufacturers and consumers.26. Were this reading of the statute correct, Congress would have created a strict liability crime. 27. Our articles on mens rea and Strict liability ( criminal ) may make interesting reading. 28. The principle is still the same _ strict liability . 29. "If you don't apply strict liability , you open the door for all kinds of claims. 30. Pound said even if Adams unknowingly took the banned drug, strict liability had to apply.