Titre : | Legal causation and responsibility for causing harm. (2005) |
Auteurs : | OZONOFF (David) : USA. Boston University School of Public Health. Boston. MA. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 95, 2005) |
Pagination : | S35-S38 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Projet loi ; Responsabilité |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS WpR0xo44. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. In the legal setting, "cause" is composed of at least two distinct components, of which only one is related to "causality" as scientists understand it. I argue that the alleged separation of the social issue of "scope of responsibility" from the objective question of scientific causality is illusory. "Scientific causality" also plays an essential social role in the legal setting. |