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Title Causation in European tort law / edited by Marta Infantino, Eleni Zervogianni
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (lvi, 726 pages)
Series The common core of European private law
Common core of European private law.
Contents The place and space of causation -- Causation in the law : philosophy, doctrine, and practice -- Actual causation in the second and third restatements : or, the expulsion of the substantial factor test -- The European ways to causation -- Preliminary remarks on methodology -- The case studies -- Summary and survey of the results
Summary This book takes an original and comparative approach to issues of causation in tort law across many European legal systems
Through a comprehensive analysis of sixteen European legal systems, based on an assessment of national answers to a factual questionnaire, Causation in European Tort Law sheds light on the operative rules applied in each jurisdiction to factual and legal causation problems. It highlights how legal systems' features impact on the practical role that causation is called upon to play, as well as the arguments of professional lawyers. Issues covered include the conditions under which a causal link can be established, rules on contribution and apportionment, the treatment of supervening, alternative and uncertain causes, the understanding of loss-of-a-chance cases, and the standard and the burden of proving causation. This is a book for scholars, students and legal professionals alike
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Torts -- Europe
Damages -- Europe
Liability (Law) -- Europe
Causation.
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Causation
Damages
Liability (Law)
Torts
European Union.
European private law.
Torts.
Causality.
Comparative law.
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Infantino, Marta, editor.
Zervogianni, Eleni, 1978- editor.
ISBN 1108307876
9781108307871
9781108289887
1108289886