Full Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in tort law in Europe. It contains reports on the developments in most EU Member States as well as Norway and Switzerland. The reports are written by scholars from the respective jurisdictions. Focusing on the year 2005, the authors critically report on important court decisions, present new legislation, and provide a literature overview.
Contents
From the contents: Essays: Liability for Failure to Regulate Health and Safety Risks (Willem H. van Boom/Andrea Pinna); Foreseeing Liability for Breach of EC Law. Reflections on the ECJ's Differing Notions of Illegality (Matthias Cornils); State Liability in Times of Budgetary Crisis (Jorg Fedtke); The Impact of the Jury on American Tort Law (Michael D. Green); Public Liability in Comparison -- England, France, Germany (Robert Rebhahn); Tortious Liability of Regulatory Authorities (Alessandro P. Scarso).- Reports: Austria (Barbara C. Steininger); Belgium (Isabelle C. Durant); Czech Republic (Jiri Hradek); Denmark (Vibe Ulfbeck/Soren Bergenser); England and Wales (Ken Oliphant); Estonia (Irene Kull); Finland (Suvianna Hakalehto-Wainio); France (Olivier Moreteau); Germany (Jorg Fedtke); Greece (Eugenia Dacoronia); Hungary (Attila Menyhard); Ireland (Eoin Quill); Italy (Elena Bargelli); Latvia (Agris Bitans); Lithuania (Herkus Gabartas/Milda Lauciene); The Netherlands (Michael Faure/Ton Hartlief); Norway (Bjarte Askeland); Poland (Ewa Baginska); Portugal (Andre G. Dias Pereira); Slovakia (Anton Dulak); Slovenia (Rok Lampe); Spain (Jordi Ribot/Albert Ruda); Sweden (Hakan Andersson); Switzerland (Peter Loser); European Union (Bernhard A. Koch); Comparative Overview (Bernhard A. Koch).- Other Contributions: Bulgaria (Christian Takoff); The Project of Harmonizing European Tort Law (Gerhard Wagner).- Contributors.- Index.- Publications.
