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ТЕОРИЈА АДЕКВАТНЕ УЗРОЧНОСТИ У СРПСКОМ ОБЛИГАЦИОНОМ ПРАВУ
THEORY OF ADEQUATE CAUSALITY IN THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS

Author(s): Aleksandra Stefanović
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Law, Comparative Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Condition; cause; natural causation; adequate causation;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I present a thesis on the theory of adequate causation in comparison with other legal theories of causation. As a preliminary step in the analysis, I study natural causation to formulate a theory of conditions as the zero step in the perception of causation. I present the thesis about the insufficiency of the theory of adequate causation and the necessary supplement with the theory of proximate cause. I first perform the thesis through a conceptual analysis, and then I analyze it through the practice of Serbian courts. By comparing the judgments, I conclude that Serbian judicial practice applies the theory of proximate cause, and analyzes it through the apparatus of the theory of adequate causation.