ECTIL maintains close ties with the European Group on Tort Law (EGTL; formerly known as the “Tilburg Group”), whose members are all also members of the Association of ECTIL. Founded in 1992, the Group consists of leading scholars in the field of tort law from civil law, common law, and mixed legal systems. The EGTL meets regularly to discuss fundamental issues of tort liability, as well as current developments and the future direction of tort law.
The Group has drafted a collection of Principles of European Tort Law (PETL) similar to the Principles of European Contract Law drafted by the European Contract Law Commission (“Lando Commission”).
The PETL (with commentary) were published in 2005. They were preceded by the “Unification of Tort Law” volumes.
In 2009, the EGTL reconvened to work on expanding the PETL’s scope and updating and refining its content in the light of subsequent scholarly debates and developments in national and EU law.
The work of the Group is primarily published in the series “Principles of European Tort Law” (originally by Kluwer, now by Intersentia) and is listed below.
Edited by Israel Gilead and Bjarte Askeland
Analytical and Comparative Perspectives (2020), ISBN 978-1-78068-963-0
Edited by Miquel Martín-Casals
Intersentia, Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland
Softcover. ISBN 9781780689135
2019, 846 pp
Edited by Ken Oliphant
Intersentia, Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland
Softcover. ISBN 978-1-78068-238-9
2016, 887 pp
Edited by the European Group on Tort Law
Verlag Österreich, Vienna
Softcover. ISBN 978-3-7046-5837-1
2005, 282 pp
A full text of the Principles and their accompanying commentary are also now available in Chinese, French and Spanish.
Edited by Pierre Widmer
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-2098-X
2005, 391 pp
Edited by WV Horton Rogers
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-2319-9
2004, 313 pp
Edited by Ulrich Magnus and Miquel Martín-Casals
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-2220-6
2004, 300 pp
currently out of stock
Edited by Jaap Spier
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-2185-4
2003, 335 pp
currently out of stock
Edited by Bernhard A Koch and Helmut Koziol
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-1705-9
2002, 444 pp
currently out of stock
Edited by Ulrich Magnus
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-1481-5
2001, 225 pp
currently out of stock
Edited by Jaap Spier
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-1325-8
2000, 161 pp
Edited by Helmut Koziol
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-1019-4
1998, 144 pp
currently out of stock
Edited by Jaap Spier
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-0581-6
1998, 244 pp
currently out of stock
Edited by Jaap Spier
Kluwer Law International, The Hague
Hardcover. ISBN 90-411-0169-1
1996, 162 pp
currently out of stock
The present publications constitute the work of the European Group on Tort Law (EGTL).
