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Author
Title
Causation in negligence / Sarah Green.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2015.
Call Number
KD1975 .G74 2015
ISBN
9781849463317 (cloth)
184946331X (cloth)
184946331X (cloth)
Description
xiv, 185 pages ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)881206912
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
vii
Table of Cases
xi
Table of Legislation and Official Publications
xv
1.
Introduction
1
Structure of the Book
5
2.
The Necessary Breach Analysis and But For Causation
8
Why But For Causation?
8
The Balance of Probabilities
10
Aggregation
13
Specific Concept of Cause
15
Counterfactual to Factual
17
Current Perspectives on But For Causation
19
3.
Basic Principles
32
Basic Causal Principles
32
`Operative': the Second Stage of the NBA
43
The Significance of a Risk Which Has Actually Eventuated
47
4.
Duplicative Causation (Real and Potential): Overdetermination and Pre-emption
58
Factual Basis
58
Overdetermination (Real Duplicative Causation)
59
What Constitutes an Overdetermined Event?
61
Double Omissions
65
Combination of Tortious and Non-Tortious Factors
66
Pre-emption
77
Moral Luck
87
5.
Material Contribution to Injury
94
Factual Basis
94
Medical Negligence
109
The `Doubling of the Risk' Test
113
6.
Material Increase in Risk
123
Factual Basis
123
The Necessary Breach Analysis and Evidentiary Gaps
131
Single Agent
148
7.
Lost Chances
152
Factual Basis
152
Type 1
Cases Explained
154
Type 2
Cases Explained
158
How Far Does Hypothetical Third Party Action Take Us?
170
8.
Concluding Thoughts
173
Index
177