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THEORY ADEQUATE CAUSATION [1 record]

Record 1 2010-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Penal Law
  • Health Law
CONT

According to the theory of adequate causation, circumstances may be viewed as causative factors only if our own practical experience tells us that such circumstances could have been expected to produce the outcome in question.

CONT

[Boré] acknowledges that the theory of adequate causation imports some considerations of probability ...

OBS

causality and attribution of criminal responsibility

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[...] la théorie de la causalité adéquate prévoit qu'un événement qui rend objectivement possible la réalisation d'un préjudice ou qui accroît sensiblement la possibilité de réalisation du dommage constitue une cause adéquate entraînant responsabilité civile [...]

Spanish

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