Uncertain Causation in Tort Law

by Miquel Martín-Casals, Diego M. Papayannis

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107128361
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/19/2015
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.33(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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.