Contents:
List Of Abbreviations;
Table Of Cases;
Preface To The Second Edition;
Part I; The Analysis Of Causal Concepts Introduction;
I. Philosophical Preliminaries;
I. Particular And General;
Ii. Hume And Mill;
Iii. Defects Of Mill's Analysis;
Ii. Causation And Common Sense
I. The Variety Of Causal Concepts;
Ii. Cause And Effect: The Central Notion;
Iii. Causation And Explanation;
Iv. Causal Generalizations;
V. Interpersonal Transactions: Reasons And Causes;
Vi. Opportunities;
Iii. Causation And Responsibility;
I. Responsibility In Law And Morals;
Ii. Tracing Consequences;
Iv. Causation In Legal Theory;
I. The Variety Of Causal Questions;
Ii. The Traditional Approach;
Iii. Modern Criticism;
V. Causation And Sine Qua Non;
I. Necessary Conditions;
Ii. When Conditions Sine Qua Non Are Causally Irrelevant;
Iii. When Causally Relevant Factors Are Not Conditions Sine Qua Non;
Iv. General Importance Of Condition Sine Qua Non;
Part Ii;
The Common Law;
Introduction;
Vl. The Law Of Tort: Caustng Harm;
I. Voluntary Human Conduct;
Ii. Abnormality;
Vii. The Law Of Tort: Inductng Wrongful Acts Occasioning Harm;
I. Lnducing Wrongful Acts;
Ii. Occasioning Harm;
Viii. Concurrent Causes And Contributory Necligence;
I. Contributory Causes;
Ii. How Responsibility Is Allocated When There Are Contributory Causes;
Iii. Additional Causes;
Iv. Alternative Causes;
Ix. Foreseeability And Risk;
I. The Doctrine That Only Foreseeable Harm Is Recoverable;
Ii. The Doctrine That All Foreseeable Harm Is Recoverable;
Iii. The Risk Theory;
X. The Sense Of Judgment And Moral Blame;
I. Green's View;
Ii. Moral Blame;
Iii. The Scope Of The Law Of Tort;
Xi. Causation And Contract;
I. Economic Loss;
Ii. Limitations On Liability In Contract;
Iii. Risk In Contract;
Xii.Criminal Law: Causing Harm;
I. Voluntary Conduct;
Ii. Abnormality;
Iii. Contributory Causes;
Iv. Doctor's Or Victim's Negligence;
Xiii. Criminal Law: Causing, Inducing, Permitting, Helping Others To Act;
I. The Principal Offender;
Ii. Participation In Crime;
Xiv. Causation And The Principles Of Punishment;
I. Causation And Imputation;
Ii. The Draft American Model Penal Code;
Iii. The Scope Of Criminal Liability;
Xv. Evidence And Procedure;
I. Evidence On Causal Issues;
Ii. Procedural Effect Of Evidence Adduced;
Iii. The Division Of Function Between Judge And Jury;
Part Iii;
The Continental Theories;
Xvi. Individualizing Theories And Theory Of Conditions (Bedingu Ngstheorie);
I. Individualizing Theories Of Causation;
Ii. Rise Of The Theory Of Conditions (Bedingungstheorie);
Iii. The Notion Of A Condition;
Iv. The Identification Of Causes And Conditions;
Xvii. The Generalizing Theories: Adequate Cause;
I. Rise Of The Adequate Cause Theory;
Ii. Detailed Application Of The Adequacy Theory;
Iii. Limitation Of Responsibility By Reference To Common-Sense Causal Principles;
List Of Principal Works Cited;
Index.