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Are There Dependable Rules of Causation
Green, Leon
Green, Leon
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Abstract
The cases involving "cause" problems are multiple, but may be classified for the purpose of this discussion into two types. The simplest type assumes, first, that the defendant has done something; second, that another person has suffered some hurt; and third, that the defendant is responsible, if there is causal relation between the defendant's conduct and the other's hurt. This relation between conduct and hurt must be found in all cases, whether classified as crime, tort or otherwise. It arises in many forms.