Document Type

Podcast

Title

Nick Hooper: Problematising the But-For

Name

Nicholas Hooper, Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law

Streaming Media

Run Time

00:43:21

Release Date

2020

Episode Description

In the second pilot episode graduate of of Schulich School of Law and newly-hired attorney at Wagners Law Firm, Nick Hooper unpacks the philosophical problems with the but-for test. We discuss issues of causation in medical malpractice, the way the but-for test invites the creation of 'judicial fiction', and how this can reinforce access to justice and class issues.

See Nick's article here: Nicholas Hooper, "The Phenomenology of Medico-Legal Causation" (2017) 40:2 Dal LJ 579.