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Zusatztext It is clear that proof of causation will continue to present new challenges, and by drawing together analysis from a range of perspectives this collection makes an invaluable contribution to understanding those challenges and to developing solutions for them. Informationen zum Autor Richard Goldberg is Professor of Law at Durham University, UK. Klappentext This book examines the law of causation! and how British law should seek to influence and be influenced by developments in other countries. Zusammenfassung This book examines the law of causation, and how British law should seek to influence and be influenced by developments in other countries. Inhaltsverzeichnis PERSPECTIVE I: THE LAW 1. Causation Rt Hon Lord Hoffmann2. Risky Business: Causation in Asbestos Cancer Cases (and Beyond?) Joseph Sanders3. Developing Causal Doctrine Martin Hogg4. Causation, Politics and Law: The English – and Scottish –Asbestos Saga Jonathan Morgan5. Inferring Cause In Fact and the Search for Legal 'Truth' Russell Brown6. Causation in French Law: Pragmatism and Policy Duncan Fairgrieve and Florence G'sell-MacrezPERSPECTIVE II: SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE 7. The Role of Scientific and Statistical Evidence in Assessing Causality A Philip Dawid8. Using Scientific Evidence to Resolve Causation Problems in Product Liability: UK, US and French Experiences Richard Goldberg9. Biostatistics and Causation in Medicinal Product Liability Suits Peter Feldschreiber, Leigh-Ann Mulcahy and Simon Day10. Proving Causation: Probability versus Belief Richard W Wright11. Liability for Future Harm Ariel Porat and Alex Stein12. Scientific and Medical Evidence in Causation Decisions: The Australian Experience Ian Freckelton13. The Challenge of Developing Science for the Law of Torts Carl F CranorPERSPECTIVE III: LEGAL THEORY 14. T he NES Account of Natural Causation: A Response to Criticisms Richard W Wright15. NESS for Beginners Chris Miller16. T he MMTS Analysis of Causation Horacio Spector17. Causing the Behaviour of Others and Other Causal Mixtures Roderick Bagshaw18. Law's Approach to Harm in the Context of Scientific Uncertainty: Observations from the Perspectives of Precaution and Indeterminate Causation John Paterson...
