Douglas Hodgson

The Law of Intervening Causation

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Produktbeschreibung

Utilizing a comparative examination of case-law from England, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, this volume provides a comprehensive and systematic study of the law of intervening causation (novus actus interveniens) to present an analysis of this particular judicial limitation of liability device.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781138246720
• ISBN-10: 1138246727
• Artikelnr.: 48097450

Autorenporträt

Douglas Hodgson is Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Western Australia. He has published widely on Human Rights law.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Part I Introduction: Introduction
Early judicial development of intervening causation law. Part II The Legal Tests: Reasonable foreseeability
Unreasonableness/abnormality
Voluntary and deliberate human action
Probability
Scope of risk. Part III Operative Contexts: Intervening negligent acts and omissions
Extraordinary natural phenomena, coincidences and animals
Maritime incidents
The suicide cases
Professional malpractice
Rescue of persons and property
Children
Escaping from danger and inconvenience
Negligence causing susceptibility to later harm
Miscellaneous operative contexts. Part IV Conclusion: The influence of contributory negligence and apportionment legislation on intervening causation issues
The inter-relationship between remoteness of damage and novus actus interveniens
Conclusion
Index.