Uncertain causation in tort law

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Uncertain causation in tort law

edited by Miquel Martín-Casals, Diego M. Papayannis

Cambridge University Press, 2016

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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.

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  • Introduction Miquel Martin-Casals and Diego M. Papayannis
  • 1. Litigation on Hepatitis B vaccination and demyelinating diseases in France: breaking through scientific uncertainty? Jean-Sebastien Borghetti
  • 2. Proportional liability in Spain: a bridge too far? Miquel Martin-Casals
  • 3. Proportional liability for causal uncertainty: how it works on the basis of a 200-year-old code Bernhard A. Koch
  • 4. Uncertain causes: asbestos in UK courts Jane Stapleton
  • 5. Clients' demand-based contribution to trafficking: overcoming causation and attribution difficulties Tsachi Keren-Paz
  • 6. Proving complex facts: the case of mass torts Michele Taruffo
  • 7. Correlation and causation: the 'Bradford Hill criteria' in epidemiological, legal, and epistemological perspective Susan Haack
  • 8. Admissibility versus sufficiency: controlling the quality of expert witness testimony in the United States Michael D. Green and Joseph Sanders
  • 9. Proof of causation in group litigation Andrea Giussani
  • 10. Mass torts and arbitration: lessons from Abaclat v. Argentine Republic S. I. Strong.

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