Proof of Causation in Tort Law

A clear, critical analysis of proof of causation in the law of tort in England, France and Germany.

List of contents

Preface; Table of cases; Introduction; 1. Causal concepts and causal questions in tort law; 2. General proof of causation rules; 3. Justifying proof of causation; 4. Defendant indeterminacy: full liability and proportional liability; 5. Full liability beyond defendant indeterminacy; 6. Probabilistic liability; Conclusion.

About the author

Sandy Steel is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. He was previously a Lecturer in Law at King's College London. His work has been cited by the High Court of Australia. In 2013, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. His other books include Great Debates in Jurisprudence (co-authored with Nick McBride, 2014) and The Structure of Tort Law (a translation of Nils Jansen's Die Struktur des Haftungsrechts, forthcoming).

Summary

Sandy Steel explores how the rules of causation and exceptional departures from those rules are manifested in the tort laws of England, Germany and France. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Sandy Steel, Sandy (University of Oxford) Steel, Steel Sandy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2015
• EAN: 9781107049109
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04910-9
• No. of pages: 462
• Series: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, France, Law, Germany, LAW / Comparative, comparative law, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts, Wales / Cymru