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Causation in the Law

H. L. A. Hart and Tony Honoré

Abstract

This text is an updated and extended second edition supporting the findings of its well-known predecessor which claimed that courts employ common-sense notions of causation in determining legal responsibility.

Keywords: courts, causation, legal responsibility, law, common sense

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 1985	Print ISBN-13: 9780198254744
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012	DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198254744.001.0001

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H. L. A. Hart, Author

Tony Honoré, Author

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Front Matter

Title Pages

List of Abbreviations

Table of Cases

Preface to the Second Edition

Part I The Analysis of Causal Concepts

Introduction

I Philosophical Preliminaries

II Causation and Common Sense

III Causation and Responsibility

IV Causation in Legal Theory

V Causation and Sine Qua Non

Part II The Common Law1

Introduction

VI The Law of Tort: Causing Harm

VII The Law of Tort: Inducing Wrongful Acts, Occasioning Harm

VIII Concurrent Causes and Contributory Negligence

IX Foreseeability and Risk

X The Sense of Judgment and Moral Blame

XI Causation and Contract

XII Criminal Law: Causing Harm

XIII Criminal Law: Causing, Inducing, Permitting, Helping Others to Act

XIV Causation and the Principles of Punishment

XV Evidence and Procedure

Part III The Continental Theories

XVI Individualizing Theories and Theory of Conditions (Bedingungstheorie)

XVII The Generalizing Theories: Adequate Cause

End Matter

List of Principal Works Cited

Index

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Causation in the Law

H. L. A. Hart and Tony Honoré

Abstract

Bibliographic Information

Authors

Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Contents

Front Matter

Title Pages

List of Abbreviations

Table of Cases

Preface to the Second Edition

Part I The Analysis of Causal Concepts

Introduction

I Philosophical Preliminaries

II Causation and Common Sense

III Causation and Responsibility

IV Causation in Legal Theory

V Causation and Sine Qua Non

Part II The Common Law1

Introduction

VI The Law of Tort: Causing Harm

VII The Law of Tort: Inducing Wrongful Acts, Occasioning Harm

VIII Concurrent Causes and Contributory Negligence

IX Foreseeability and Risk

X The Sense of Judgment and Moral Blame

XI Causation and Contract

XII Criminal Law: Causing Harm

XIII Criminal Law: Causing, Inducing, Permitting, Helping Others to Act

XIV Causation and the Principles of Punishment

XV Evidence and Procedure

Part III The Continental Theories

XVI Individualizing Theories and Theory of Conditions (Bedingungstheorie)

XVII The Generalizing Theories: Adequate Cause

End Matter

List of Principal Works Cited

Index

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H. L. A. Hart and Tony Honoré

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Contents

Front Matter

Part I The Analysis of Causal Concepts

Part II The Common Law1

Part III The Continental Theories

End Matter