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This publication deals with the European dimension of tort law. It provides a critical analysis of the acquis communautaire, asking if and to what extent the provisions and case law in the field of tort law are based on a conclusive system and are in accord with the national legal systems. It thus evaluates whether the acquis communautaire form the beginning of a comprehensive and coherent EC tort law or if the single directives and regulations are contradictory and lack a general concept that is yet to be found.
To gain an overview of ‘EC Tort Law’ certain provisions and decisions were analysed by a group of authors under thirteen elements that form the basis of tort law e.g. fault/strict liability, causation, damage, damages and limitation of actions. An analysis of these aspects was then undertaken by another group of authors each focusing on their respective legal families within the European Union. The publication also contains a section on terminological issues in EC tort law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tort Law of the European Community
Editors: Helmut Koziol, Reiner Schulze
Series Title: Tort and Insurance Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-77586-8
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Vienna 2008
Series ISSN: 1616-8623
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 693
Topics: Civil Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law