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.
'The disarming yet deceptively complex topic of causation in tort law has long fascinated scholars in North America. It also provides a formidable challenge that the 'Common Core of European Private Law' publishing project has now confronted as part of its ambitious endeavour to identify and analyze the commonalities and divergences that characterize European private law. With a pair of promising young scholars (Marta Infantino and Eleni Zervogianni) at the helm, Causation in European Tort Law applies a unique analytical approach to comparative law that has become the trademark of the Common Core enterprise, and that seeks to provide what it claims are indispensable 'roadmaps' for ongoing efforts by academics to harmonize European law.'
Joseph A. Page Source: The American Journal of Comparative Law
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