Causal analysis for attributing responsibility in legal cases

Hana Chockler, N. Fenton, Jeroen Keppens, D. Lagnado
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An important challenge in the field of law is the attribution of responsibility and blame to individuals and organisations for a given harm. Attributing legal responsibility often involves (but is not limited to) assessing to what extent certain parties have caused harm, or could have prevented harm from occurring. This paper presents a causal framework for performing such assessments that is particularly suitable for the analysis of complex legal cases, where the actions of many parties have had a direct or indirect effect on the harm that did occur. This framework is evaluated by means of a case study that applies it to the Baby P. case, a high-profile case of child abuse leading to the death of a child that has been the subject of a number of public inquiries in the UK. The paper concludes with a discussion of the framework, including a roadmap of future work and barriers to adoption.
法律案件责任归属的因果分析
法律领域的一个重要挑战是对特定伤害的个人和组织的责任归属和指责。归因法律责任通常涉及(但不限于)评估某些当事人造成损害的程度,或本可以防止损害发生的程度。本文提出了一个进行这种评估的因果框架,特别适用于分析复杂的法律案件,在这些案件中,许多当事方的行动对确实发生的损害产生了直接或间接的影响。这一框架是通过将其应用于婴儿p案的案例研究来评估的,这是一起备受瞩目的虐待儿童案件,导致一名儿童死亡,在联合王国已成为若干公众调查的主题。本文最后对该框架进行了讨论,包括未来工作的路线图和采用的障碍。
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