Proof of causation in tort law /

Proof of causation in tort law /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Steel, Sandy, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 429 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 120 Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 120.
Subject:	Proximate cause (Law) -- Great Britain. Proximate cause (Law) -- Germany. Proximate cause (Law) -- France. Torts -- Great Britain. Torts -- Germany. Torts -- France.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12598723

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ISBN:	9781107273689 (ebook) 9781107049109 (hardback) 9781107679856 (paperback)
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Summary:	Causation is a foundational concept in tort law: in claims for compensation, a claimant must demonstrate that the defendant was a cause of the injury suffered in order for compensation to be awarded. Proof of Causation in Tort Law provides a critical, comparative and theoretical analysis of the general proof rules of causation underlying the tort laws of England, Germany and France, as well as the exceptional departures from these rules which each system has made. Exploring the different approaches to uncertainty over causation in tort law, Sandy Steel defends the justifiability of some of these exceptions, and categorises and examines the kinds of exceptional rules suggested by the case law and literature. Critically engaged with both the theoretical literature and current legal doctrine, this book will be of interest to private law scholars, judges and legal practitioners.
Other form:	Print version: 9781107049109

Table of Contents:

Causal concepts and causal questions in tort law
Proof of causation: general rules
Justifying proof of causation
Defendant indeterminacy : full liability and proportional liability
Full liability beyond defendant indeterminacy
Probabilistic liability.