“...highly recommended for those looking for an overview of contemporary scholarship on causation in law.” –
Yearbook of European Tort Law 2011
“Perspectives on Causation is an excellent volume of essays. It contains several important contributions to each of the three (partly overlapping) "perspectives" which comprise the book
...this volume is a major contribution: anyone working on causation in the law will need to mull over many of its thought-provoking essays. The Supreme Court seems to agree: see Employers Liability Trigger Litigation [2012] UKSC 12 (e.g. per Lord Mance at [62]).” – Sandy Steel,
The Edinburgh Law Review Volume 16, 2012
“In short, the use of the concept of causation in the law gives rise to philosophical legal and scientific problems. This collection of essays discusses many of these in a very thoughtful way and I believe it is a very constructive contribution to the development of the law in many fields.” –
From the Foreword by Rt Hon Lord Mackay of Clashfern, House of Lords, May 2011
“It is clear that proof of causation will continue to present new challenges, and by drawing together analysis from a range of perspectives this collection makes an invaluable contribution to understanding those challenges and to developing solutions for them.” – Gemma Turton,
Medical Law Review, Volume 22.1