description: Causation and Risk in the Law of Torts provides a comparative account of the legal and scientific issues relating to proof of causation in cases of alleged drug-induced injury, principally in Europe and North America.This text seeks to assess whether, by using probabilistic approaches, the courts may more accurately determine the cause of adverse reactions contentiously associated with drugs. In four case studies (DES, Bondoctin, vaccine damage and "Gulf War Syndrome"), the deficiencies of orthodox approaches to causation are revealed. A sustained argument is presented in favor of applying greater weight to epidemiological statistics, as refined by the application of the Bayes' Theorem.A valuable feature of this book is the discussion of the role of expert witnesses, including an examination of how the author's proposals could be accommodated with the reformed civil process envisaged by the Woolf Report.Goldberg also examines the economic implications of these proposals. Causation and Risk in the Law of Torts is a timely contribution to the resolution of the legal problems in this complex area of tort law. 
language: English
title: Causation and Risk in the Law of Torts: Scientific Evidence and Medicinal Product Liability
titlecomplete: Causation and Risk in the Law of Torts: Scientific Evidence and Medicinal Product Liability
publisher: Hart Publishing