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020			_z9781849460866
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050		4	_aK579.C34 -- P47 2011eb
082	0		_a346.032
100	1		_aGoldberg, Richard.
245	1	0	_aPerspectives on Causation.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aLondon : _bBloomsbury Publishing Plc, _c2011.
264		4	_c©2011.
300			_a1 online resource (478 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aPrelims -- 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.
520			_aThis book examines the law of causation, and how British law should seek to influence and be influenced by developments in other countries.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aProximate cause (Law) -- Great Britain.
650		0	_aProximate cause (Law) -- United States.
650		0	_aProximate cause (Law) -- Commonwealth countries.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aGoldberg, Richard _tPerspectives on Causation _dLondon : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,c2011 _z9781849460866
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1778906 _zClick to View
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