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Informationen zum Autor Miquel Martín-Casals is Full Professor of Civil Law and Director of the Institute of European and Comparative Private Law at the University of Girona. Diego M. Papayannis is a professor of legal philosophy at the University of Girona. Klappentext Discusses causal uncertainty in tort liability and shows the important normative, epistemological and procedural implications of the various proposed solutions. Zusammenfassung This discussion of causal uncertainty in tort liability shows the important normative! epistemological and procedural implications of the various proposed solutions! and will be of interest to legal scholars! legal philosophers and advanced tort law students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Miquel Martín-Casals and Diego M. Papayannis; 1. Litigation on Hepatitis B vaccination and demyelinating diseases in France: breaking through scientific uncertainty? Jean-Sébastien Borghetti; 2. Proportional liability in Spain: a bridge too far? Miquel Martín-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.
