UNCERTAIN CAUSATION IN TORT LAW

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. Comparative approach shows how causal uncertainty problems are solved in different countries Multidisciplinary perspectives provide a broad understanding of the challenges surrounding causal uncertainty and the possible solutions Expresses philosophical arguments in plain terms and at a level which does not require previous philosophical training