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Australian tort law reform: statutory principles of causation and the common law
By mid-2004, Parliaments in each Australian jurisdiction will either complete or will be in the process of partial codification of the law of torts. The reforms, including those to the law of negligence, are extensive. This article focuses on codification of the law of causation as an element of the cause of action in negligence. It examines the background to "tort reform", as the process has been labelled, and discusses the common law paradigm of negligence and various approaches to causation. It then analyses and compares the causation provisions in each jurisdiction.
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Journal of law and medicineVolume
11Issue
4Pagination
492 - 509Publisher
Lawbook Co.Location
North Ryde, NSWISSN
1320-159XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2004, Lawbook Co.Usage metrics
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