Uncertainty in Comparative Law and Legal History : Known Unknowns (Hardcover)

1. Known unknowns: uncharted waters;??PART 1: Life and death;??2. ‘In the beginning’: dealing with ‘unknowns’ at the start of life;? 3.?Commorientes: deaths, disasters, disappearances;??4. The subtle conclusion: epistemic uncertainty and law at the end of life;??PART 2: Causation and loss;??5. Causal uncertainty in tort law: the special case of mesothelioma;??6. Known unknowns: loss of a chance and intractable connections;??7. Quantifying or avoiding the unknown? Damages for future lost earnings in tortious personal injury cases;??PART 3: Meanings and intentions;??8. Contractual interpretation and ad hominem rules of construction;??9. Unmixing intangible assets;??PART 4: BROADER PERSPECTIVES ON LAW AND UNCERTAINTY;??10. A spectrum of uncertainty;??11. Known unknowns in Roman law: the second chapter of the?lex Aquilia;??PART 5: Conclusions;??12. Known unknowns: tracing a map