Causality and causation in tort law

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 507-523

  Young, Robert ^a   Faure, Michael ^b   Fenn, Paul ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causality; Causation; Tort law

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544375768     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irle.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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