苦藤粉案： 論科學證據在因果關係判定上之運用【學習式判解評析】 試閱
Case about Powder of Tinospora Crispa for Example: On Taking Scientific Evidence to Determine the Causality
訴訟上常會遇到需要科學證據佐證，而在科學領域有評估研究成果證明力的「科學證據金字塔」，區分不同研究結果之證明力，可作為是否採信某研究成果的判斷標準。但科學研究通常是證明暴露因子與疾病二者「相關」，而無法明確表示二者絕對互有因果關係，在訴訟上即會產生困擾。本文將介紹日本實務見解，如何利用科學證據判定因果關係，以利科學證據在訴訟上之使用。
Scientific evidence is often needed in litigations. In the field of science, there is a “scientific evidence hierarchies” that evaluates the strength of the research results, which could be taken as a criterion to determine whether to adopt a research result. However, scientific studies usually prove that the exposure factor and the disease are “correlated,” but cannot clearly show that they are absolutely causally related to each other. Form here would a difficulty in litigation arise. In this essay, opinions of judicial practice in Japan would be introduced in respect of taking scientific evidence to determine causality, so that it would be facilitated to take scientific evidence in litigations.
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