1st Edition
Uncertainty in Comparative Law and Legal History Known Unknowns
1. Known unknowns: uncharted waters
Andrew J. Bell and Joanna McCunn
PART 1: Life and death
2. ‘In the beginning’: dealing with ‘unknowns’ at the start of life
Gwen Seabourne
3. Commorientes: deaths, disasters, disappearances
Andrew J. Bell
4. The subtle conclusion: epistemic uncertainty and law at the end of life
C.P. McGrath
PART 2: Causation and loss
5. Causal uncertainty in tort law: the special case of mesothelioma
Ken Oliphant
6. Known unknowns: loss of a chance and intractable connections
Samantha Schnobel and Judith Skillen
7. Quantifying or avoiding the unknown? Damages for future lost earnings in tortious personal injury cases
David Messner-Kreuzbauer
PART 3: Meanings and intentions
8. Contractual interpretation and ad hominem rules of construction
Joanna McCunn
9. Unmixing intangible assets
Benjamin Douglas and Lorenzo Maniscalco
PART 4: Broader perspectives on law and uncertainty
10. A spectrum of uncertainty
Matthew Dyson
11. Known unknowns in Roman law: the second chapter of the lex Aquilia
David Ibbetson
PART 5: Conclusions
12. Known unknowns: tracing a map
Andrew J. Bell and Joanna McCunn
Biography
Andrew J. Bell is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol, UK, and a Fellow of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law.
Joanna McCunn is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Bristol, UK.
