Causation in law and medicine / edited by Ian Freckelton, Danuta Mendelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freckelton, Ian R.

Mendelson, Danuta.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jurisprudence.

Causality.

Medical jurisprudence.

Causation (Criminal law).

Medical Subjects:

Jurisprudence.

Causality.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 524 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate/Dartmouth, [2002]

Contents:

Part A The Concept of Causation in Law, Medicine and Science

1 Principles and Values Underlying the Concept of Causation in Law / Antony Honore 3

2 Scientific and Legal Approaches to Causation / Jane Stapleton 14

3 The Cause of Disease and Illness: Medical Views and Uncertainties / Peter Greenberg 38

4 Aspects of Causation in Hippocratic Medicine and Roman Law of Delict / Danuta Mendelson 58

5 Rebels Without a Cause?: Judges, Medical and Scientific Evidence and the Uses of Causation / Gary Edmond, David Mercer 83

Part B The Concept of Justice and Causal Responsibility in Tort Law

6 Legal Rules Governing the Requirement of Causation in Tort Law / Ian Callinan 125

7 Fault, Causation and Responsibility: Is Tort Law Just an Instrument of Corrective Justice? / Keith Mason 138

8 Loss of Chance / Harold Luntz 152

9 Causality and Spinal Pain: The Problem of Back Pain / Dennis Smith 198

Part C Issues of Causal Responsibility, Agency and Harm in Criminal Law

10 Principles of Causation in Criminal Law / David Lanham 211

11 Death Causation in Palliative Medicine / Michael Ashby 228

12 Euthanasia and the Criminal Law: What Will Sever a Causal Link? / David Malcolm 251

13 Issues of Medical and Legal Causation Relating to Alzheimer's Disease / Robert Helme, Danuta Mendelson 270

Part D Causation in Forensic Medicine and Coronial Law

14 Cause in Forensic Pathology: The Cause and Manner of Death / Stephen Cordner 289

15 Forensic Medicine: Issues in Causation / David Wells 309

16 Causation in Coronial Law / Ian Freckelton 331

Part E Causation, Evidence and Proof in Law and Medicine

17 Causation in Law and Psychiatry / Ralph Slovenko 357

18 Causation in the Context of Medical Practitioners' Liability for Negligent Advice / John Doyle 379

19 Statistical Proof of Causation / Eric Magnusson 399

20 Epilogue: Dilemmas in Proof of Causation / Ian Freckelton 429.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754622045

OCLC:

48417306