Uncertainty in Comparative Law and Legal History

Known Unknowns
Herausgeber: Bell, Andrew J.; McCunn, Joanna

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates how the law has framed the most complex problems of uncertainty, when its rules for establishing facts cannot produce a satisfactory answer; dealt with uncertainty's often unclear boundaries; and developed a broad range of responses to solve or avoid it, exploring these issues from a comparative historical perspective.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032873756
• ISBN-10: 1032873752
• Artikelnr.: 71638702

Autorenporträt

Andrew J. Bell is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol, UK, and a Fellow of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law. Joanna McCunn is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Known unknowns: uncharted waters
PART 1: Life and death
2. 'In the beginning': dealing with 'unknowns' at the start of life
3. Commorientes: deaths, disasters, disappearances
4. The subtle conclusion: epistemic uncertainty and law at the end of life
PART 2: Causation and loss
5. Causal uncertainty in tort law: the special case of mesothelioma
6. Known unknowns: loss of a chance and intractable connections
7. Quantifying or avoiding the unknown? Damages for future lost earnings in tortious personal injury cases
PART 3: Meanings and intentions
8. Contractual interpretation and ad hominem rules of construction
9. Unmixing intangible assets
PART 4: BROADER PERSPECTIVES ON LAW AND UNCERTAINTY
10. A spectrum of uncertainty
11. Known unknowns in Roman law: the second chapter of the lex Aquilia
PART 5: Conclusions
12. Known unknowns: tracing a map