Perspectives on Causation.

Prelims -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Perspective I: The Law -- 1. Causation -- 2. Risky Business: Causation in Asbestos Cancer Cases (and Beyond?)_ -- 3. Developing Causal Doctrine -- 4. Causation, Politics and Law: The English - and Scottish - Asbestos Saga -- 5. Inferring Cause in Fact and the Search for Legal 'Truth' -- 6. Causation in French Law: Pragmatism and Policy -- Perspective II: Scientific Evidence -- 7. The Role of Scientific and Statistical Evidence in Assessing Causality -- 8. Using Scientific Evidence to Resolve Causation Problems in Product Liability: UK, US and French Experiences -- 9. Biostatistics and Causation in Medicinal Product Liability Suits -- 10. Proving Causation: Probability versus Belief -- 11. Liability for Future Harm -- 12. Scientific and Medical Evidence in Causation Decisions: The Australian Experience -- 13. The Challenge of Developing Science for the Law of Torts -- Perspective III: Legal Theory -- 14. The NESS Account of Natural Causation: A Response to Criticisms -- 15. NESS for Beginners -- 16. The MMTS Analysis of Causation -- 17. Causing the Behaviour of Others and Other Causal Mixtures -- 18. Law's Approach to Harm in the Context of Scientific Uncertainty: Observations from the Perspectives of Precaution and Indeterminate Causation -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Statutory Instruments -- Index.

This book examines the law of causation, and how British law should seek to influence and be influenced by developments in other countries.

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