Causation in European Tort Law

This book takes an original and comparative approach to issues of causation in tort law across many European legal systems.

List of contents

Part I. Causation in Context: 1. The place and space of causation Marta Infantino and Eleni Zervogianni; 2. Causation in the law: philosophy, doctrine and practice Ingeborg Puppe and Richard W. Wright; 3. Actual causation in the Second and Third Restatements: or, the expulsion of the substantial factor test Anthony J. Sebok; 4. The European ways to causation Marta Infantino and Eleni Zervogianni; Part II. The Comparative Evidence. Case Responses and Editors' Comparative Comments: 5. Preliminary remarks on methodology Marta Infantino and Eleni Zervogianni; 6. The case studies; Part III. The Comparative Assessment: 7. Summary and survey of the results Marta Infantino and Eleni Zervogianni.

Summary

Causation in tort law is a highly debated subject. This book takes an original and comparative approach to the topic. The volume investigates issues lying beneath causation across many European legal systems, providing a coherent and comprehensive analysis that will appeal to scholars, students and legal professionals.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Infantino, Marta (Universit... Degli Studi DI Trie Infantino, Marta (Universita Degli Studi DI Triest Infantino, Marta Zervogianni Infantino
• Assisted by: Marta Infantino (Editor), Marta (Universit... degli Studi di Trieste) Infantino (Editor), Marta (Universita degli Studi di Trieste) Infantino (Editor), Eleni Zervogianni (Editor), Eleni (Aristotle University Zervogianni (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781108418362
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41836-2
• No. of pages: 780
• Series: The Common Core of European Private Law; Common Core of European Privat
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law