Description
Book SynopsisThe book provides an account of the uncertainty problem that arises in tort litigation. It examines the existing doctrinal solutions of the problem, as evolved in England, the US, Canada, and Israel, and also offers a number of original solutions. The book combines the traditional doctrinal depiction of the law with general theoretical insights.
Trade Review... an exceptionally lucid, challenging and innovative book about an important legal topic ... succinct and excellently structured text ... Porat and Stein's admirable text is one so timely, well expressed and ambitious in its aim that no scholar working in the field can afford not to read it carefully and address its thesis with determination. * Modern Law Review, March 2003 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Liability Under Uncertainty: Allocating the Risk of Error ; 2. The Tension Between the Burden of Proof and Tort Law Objectives ; 3. Res Ipsa Loquitur ; 4. Risk as Damage ; 5. Collective Liability ; 6. Liability Under Uncertainty: Making Evidential Damage Actionable ; 7. The Evidential Damage Doctrine: Applications and Evaluation
