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Though it is based on scientific inferences and takes on a statistic and probabilistic nature, epidemiological evidence is often used at present in lawsuits in relation to damages. In particular, the point of contention in recent lawsuits for damages due to tobacco companies’ illegal acts has been whether or not causal relations between smoking and diseases are proven by epidemiological data submitted by the plaintiffs as evidence. Although legal inferences based on correct causal relations are very important for realizing legal justice and for relieving victims, related research in terms of basic law has been insufficient. Consequently, the present study compares and analyzes legal causal inferences and epidemiological causal inferences to harmonize the two within the realm of jurisprudence.
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The Decision of the Supreme Court of Korea 2000Da65666 (2002. 10. 22.); The Decision of the Supreme Court of Korea 2008Da17776 (2011. 9.29.)
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The Decision of the Appellate Court of Seoul 2002Na32662 (2006. 1. 26.)
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The Decision of the Supreme Court of Korea 99Da43448∙99Da43455 (2000. 1. 14.)
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Jung, M. (2018). Introduction. In: An Investigation of the Causal Inference between Epidemiology and Jurisprudence. SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7862-0_1
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