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Criminal Law
Section 5 . 1 . 2
21 minutes

Subsequent Human Action

Sam Kamin,
Dana Lindenberg

There are cases where, even when a harm foreseeably results from the defendant's conduct, the law will excuse the defendant because other actors either contributed to the harm or can be said to have caused it themselves. In these cases, we examine what factors make it less likely for a defendant to be held responsible for harms that clearly resulted, at least in part, from her own acts.

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