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Causation, Contribution, And Legal Liability: An Empirical Study, Lawrence M. Solan, John M. Darley Oct 2001

Causation, Contribution, And Legal Liability: An Empirical Study, Lawrence M. Solan, John M. Darley

Law and Contemporary Problems

This article presents empirical evidence of the ways people compare judgments of liability with judgments of causation and contribution. Specifically, the article reports the results of experiments designed to show whether people regard causation and enablement as necessary elements of liability.


Civil Liability For Primary Securities Distributions In The United States And The United Kingdom, Robert E. Kohn Oct 1992

Civil Liability For Primary Securities Distributions In The United States And The United Kingdom, Robert E. Kohn

Law and Contemporary Problems

Company law in the UK and securities regulation in the US have developed over the past six decades in response to rapidly changing economic, political and social circumstances. The main features of the regulation of primary securities distributions are identified in the two countries, and their treatment of civil liability is compared.