Uncertain causation in tort law / edited by Miquel Martín-Casals, University of Girona, Diego M. Papayannis, University of Girona.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martín-Casals, M. (Miquel), editor.

Papayannis, Diego M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proximate cause (Law).

Causation (Criminal law).

Liability (Law).

Causation.

Torts.

Damages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 343 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This discussion of causal uncertainty in tort liability adopts a comparative approach in order to highlight the important normative, epistemological and procedural implications of the various proposed solutions. Occupying a middle ground between the legal perspective and the philosophical views that are at stake when it comes to the resolution of tort law cases in a context of causal uncertainty, the arguments will be of great interest to legal scholars, legal philosophers and advanced tort law students.

Contents:

Litigation on Hepatitis B vaccination and demyelinating diseases in France : breaking through scientific uncertainty? / Jean-Sebastien Borghetti

Proportional liability in Spain : a bridge too far? / Miquel Martin-Casals

Proportional liability for causal uncertainty : how it works on the basis of a 200 year old code / Bernhard A. Koch

Uncertain causes : asbestos in UK courts / Jane Stapleton

Clients' demand-based contribution to trafficking : overcoming causation and attribution difficulties / Tsachi Keren-Paz

Proving complex facts : the case of mass torts / Michele Taruffo

Correlation and causation : the "Bradford Hill Criteria" in epidemiological, legal, and epistemological perspective / Susan Haack

Admissibility versus sufficiency : controlling the quality of expert witness testimony in the United States / Michael D. Green and Joseph Sanders

Proof of causation in group litigation / Andrea Giussani

Mass torts and arbitration : lessons from Abaclat V. Argentine Republic / Place of publication not identified Strong.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Nov 2015).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316414774

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