Citation

Spencer JR, Brajeux MA. Int. Compar. Law Q. 2010; 59(01): 1-24.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S0020589309990042

PMID

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Abstract

This article first examines criminal liability for negligently causing death or injury in English law, which it shows to be both complex and confused. It then examines French law on the subject, which at first sight appears both simpler and more rational, but has run into a number of difficulties in practice. A third and final section considers whether the French experience provides any useful lessons for the possible reform of English law.