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Criminal Law Simons, Volumes I and II
Section 4 . 1
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Class #11: Causation

Michael A. Simons

Causation may be familiar to you from Torts. In criminal law, causation provides the link between the act and the harm. It comes in two forms: actual causation (which is primarily a factual question based on scientific evidence) and proximate causation (which is primarily a policy question based on notions of moral responsibility). 

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