New Translations:
Principles and Unification works in Chinese
We are pleased to announce that new full Chinese translations of the Principles of European Tort Law and the accompanying Commentary as well as selected works from the Unification of Tort Law series are now available.
The bare text of the Principles themselves was available in numerous translations upon original publication but this new presentation of the Principles with its surrounding Commentary and some of the precursor works of the European Group will allow all Chinese tort scholars to fully engage with the Principles and help strengthen the ongoing academic exchanges between these two traditions.
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New Publication:
Helmut Koziol,
Grundfragen des Schadenersatzrechts
"Grundfragen des Schadenersatzrechts" provides a challenging introduction to tort law, analysing and developing the fundamental ideas on which this field of law is based on. This work has the aim of challenging familiar assertions, of reassessing apparently enshrined considerations, as well as drawing out the coherence of the subject area.
This work will be of interest to both scholars of tort law and the wider field of obligations dealing as it does not simply with the nature and aims of liability in tort, but also with the manner in which these aims and their realisation in concrete rules effects and interacts with the wider legal environment. When subjected to such wide ranging and rigorous analysis such questions reveal themselves to be of vital importance and interest to all actors on the legal stage whether judge, legislator, professor or student. [Read more]
New Publication:
Aggregation and Divisibility of Damages
The European Centre for Tort and Insurance Law is pleased to announce its most recent publication in the ongoing and well received series Tort and Insurance Law.
The volume, entitled Aggregation and Divisibility of Damages' (vol.26 of the series), edited by Ken Oliphant deals with a number of important and interconnected, though not always appreciated, legal issues.
Whether the harm for which compensation is sought in an action in tort is regarded as a single indivisible loss or a plurality of losses can have a number of important ramifications for the law of tort, for example, in considering compensable damage, the apportionment of responsibility between multiple tortfeasors, and the application of limitation periods and (where they exist) caps and thresholds.
These issues may have particular significance in the context of mass torts, and raise questions of private international law and civil procedure as well as substantive tort law. They are also of considerable practical importance for insurers.
Conference:
The 9th Annual Conference on European Tort Law
From April 8, to April 10, 2010 the 9th Annual Conference on European Tort Law will take place in Vienna. The conference will provide a forum for both academics and practitioners to learn about and discuss the most recent developments in Tort Law. Reporters from 28 jurisdictions will present tort law developments from 2009. Moreover, the conference will include a special session on Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life.
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New Publication:
European Tort Law 2008
The European Tort Law Yearbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in tort law in Europe. It contains reports on most EU Member States and also provides contributions from Norway and Switzerland. Furthermore, an overview of the developments in the field of EU law is provided. In conclusion, a comparative summary reviews the essential aspects of all reports, which are written by scholars from the respective jurisdictions.
Focusing on the year 2008, the authors critically report on important court decisions, present new legislation and provide a literature overview. In addition to the national reports, the European Tort Law 2008 Yearbook contains the opening lecture of the 8th Annual Conference on European Tort Law as well as four essays on questions of burden of proof.
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