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Criminal Law Simons, Volumes I and II
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Proximate Causation: Problems

Michael A. Simons

There are an endless variety of proximate causation problems, all trying to get at the same question: when an intervening event happens between the defendant's act and the bad result (typically, the victim's death), should the defendant still be held responsible for the bad result? Use the problems below to explore your intuitions about that question--and to develop the skill at arguing for one result or the other.

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