THE LAW OF INTTERVENING CAUSATIONPDF电子书下载

PART Ⅰ Introduction 3

1 Introduction 3

2 Early Judicial Development of Intervening Causation Law 13

PART Ⅱ The Legal Tests 31

3 Reasonable Foreseeability 31

4 Unreasonableness/Abnormality 51

5 Voluntary and Deliberate Human Action 69

6 Probability 91

7 Scope of Risk 101

PART Ⅲ Operative Contexts 121

8 Intervening Negligent Acts and Omissions 121

9 Extraordinary Natural Phenomena, Coincidences and Animals 133

10 Maritime Incidents 147

11 The Suicide Cases 155

12 Professional Malpractice 169

13 Rescue of Persons and Property 189

14 Children 199

15 Escaping from Danger and Inconvenience 209

16 Negligence Causing Susceptibility to Later Harm 219

17 Miscellaneous Operative Contexts 227

PART Ⅳ Conclusion 245

18 The Influence of Contributory Negligence and Apportionment Legislation on Intervening Causation Issues 245

19 The Inter-relationship Between Remoteness of Damage and No vus Actus In terven tens 253

20 Conclusion 259

Index 267