Overview
- Examines why legal causation and epidemiological causation differ and what the ensuing problems are
- Shows how to correctly interpret and rationally use the results of epidemiological studies in lawsuits
- Discusses how legal causation and epidemiological causation can be harmonized in jurisprudence to protect victims’ rights
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy (BRIEFSPHILOSOPH)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Causal Inference between jurisprudence and epidemology
- Health inequalities and the law in South Korea
- Human rights cases in South Korea
- Causation in empirical philosophy
- Causation in the philosophy of law
- Anglo-American Theory of Causation
- Epidemiological causation and legal causation
- Causation in epidemiology
- Causation in criminal law
- Health lawsuits in South Korea
- Medical malpractices in South Korea
- Epidemiological investigation in South Korea
- Misinterpretations in epidemiology
- Epidemiological causation and limitations
- Epidemiological evidence in lawsuits
About this book
This book examines how legal causation inference and epidemiological causal inference can be harmonized within the realm of jurisprudence, exploring why legal causation and epidemiological causation differ from each other and defining related problems. The book also discusses how legal justice can be realized and how victims’ rights can be protected. It looks at epidemiological evidence pertaining to causal relationships in cases such as smoking and the development of lung cancer, and enables readers to correctly interpret and rationally use the results of epidemiological studies in lawsuits. The book argues that in today’s risk society, it is no longer possible to thwart the competence of evidence using epidemiological research results. In particular, it points out that the number of cases that struggle to prove a causal relationship excluding those using epidemiological data will lead to an increase in the number of lawsuits for damages that arise as a result of harmful materialsthat affect our health. The book argues that the responsibility to compensate for damages that have actually occurred must be imputed to a particular party and that this can be achieved by understanding causal inferences between jurisprudence and epidemiology. This book serves as a foundation for students, academics and researchers who have an interest in epidemiology and the law, and those who are keen to discover how jurisprudence can bring these two areas together.
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Book Title: An Investigation of the Causal Inference between Epidemiology and Jurisprudence
Authors: Minsoo Jung
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7862-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7861-3Published: 08 February 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7862-0Published: 31 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2211-4548
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4556
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 108
Topics: Philosophy of Law, Epidemiology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights