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- Title
CAUSATION: THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE SCIENTIFIC AND LEGAL METHODS.
- Authors
BEACH, JONATHAN
- Abstract
The mechanism of causation is used to attribute legal responsibility. Both factual and normative legal questions are involved. As to factual causation, complex forensic issues may arise. And it is here where science and the law intersect. Now their methods are different, but such differences must be appreciated in order to adequately assess scientific evidence. How does one engage with such evidence? What type of scientific evidence is relevant to causation? Are there new frontiers in science that have produced new causation questions in the law? This article provides a trial judge's perspective on some of these questions.
- Subjects
CAUSATION (Criminal law); LEGAL liability
- Publication
University of Western Australia Law Review, 2022, Vol 49, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
0042-0328
- Publication type
Article