I propose a new formalist account of legal (/proximate) causation – one that holds legal causation to be a matter of amoral, descriptive fact. The account starts with a metaphysical relation, akin to but distinct from common-sense causation, and it argues that legal causation aligns exactly with that relation; it is unified and principled
Judges often invoke ‘common sense’ when deciding questions of legal causation. I draw on empirical e...
This paper takes it as a premise that a distinction between matters of fact and of law is important ...
Causation is defined as a relation between facts: C causes E if and only if C and E are nomologicall...
I propose a new formalist account of legal (/proximate) causation – one that holds legal causation t...
Causation in the law is an extremely complex issue which has vexed philosophers and legal scholars a...
Causation plays an essential role in attributions of legal responsibility. How-ever, considerable co...
In a radical new account of causation in the Law, I argue that causation is a term we use to exp...
This article deals with the conception of causation in legal discourse. Authors firstly examine caus...
This paper deals with the relationship between legal responsibility and causation. I argue that lega...
Since the function of causation is to recount and explain observed phenomena in order to make a judg...
Causation is commonly defined using the counterfactual model, and the “but-for” standard in particul...
Judges often invoke ‘common sense’ when deciding questions of legal causation. I draw on empirical e...
This paper takes it as a premise that a distinction between matters of fact and of law is important ...
Causation is defined as a relation between facts: C causes E if and only if C and E are nomologicall...
I propose a new formalist account of legal (/proximate) causation – one that holds legal causation t...
Causation in the law is an extremely complex issue which has vexed philosophers and legal scholars a...
Causation plays an essential role in attributions of legal responsibility. How-ever, considerable co...
In a radical new account of causation in the Law, I argue that causation is a term we use to exp...
This article deals with the conception of causation in legal discourse. Authors firstly examine caus...
This paper deals with the relationship between legal responsibility and causation. I argue that lega...
Since the function of causation is to recount and explain observed phenomena in order to make a judg...
Causation is commonly defined using the counterfactual model, and the “but-for” standard in particul...
Judges often invoke ‘common sense’ when deciding questions of legal causation. I draw on empirical e...
This paper takes it as a premise that a distinction between matters of fact and of law is important ...
Causation is defined as a relation between facts: C causes E if and only if C and E are nomologicall...