Journal of European Tort Law

The Journal of European Tort Law (JETL) is the first law review to be dedicated to the important and dynamic area of European tort law. It aims to contribute to the analysis and development of tort law in Europe by the publication of scholarly articles, comments and reviews. Its focus is primarily comparative, but it also publishes analyses of the tort law of single legal systems where the subject matter is of sufficient interest to the Journal’s general readership. Comparative analyses of non-European systems from the perspective of European tort law also appear from time to time. The Journal embraces all scholarly perspectives, including economic analysis of law and socio-legal studies. Its subject matter is both substantive tort law, including its place in the general law of obligations, and the wider tort system, including its practical operation and its relationship with such institutions as private and social insurance.

The Journal is published three times a year. All contributions to the JETL must be approved by the Editorial Board following a formal process of double blind peer review. Members of the Editorial Board are: Ken Oliphant as General Editor (Bristol University), Bernhard A. Koch as Deputy General Editor (Innsbruck University) and Christiane Wendehorst (Vienna University), as well as Gregor Christandl (ETL, ECTIL and University of Graz) and Barbara C. Steininger (ECTIL, ETL, University of Graz).

The Journal of European Tort Law publishes special and themed issues focusing on key and emerging topics in the field of research. Previous special issues include:

• Harmonisation of Tort Law Revisited (Editor: Barbara C Steininger), Volume 17, Issue 2 (2026)
• Forever Chemicals and Tort Law (Guest Editors: Stephanie Nitsch and Barbara C Steininger), Volume 16, Issue 2 (2025)
• Reasonableness and Risk: The Torts Scholarship of Gregory C Keating (Guest Editors: Diego M Papayannis and Henry M Reyes Garcés, Volume 16, Issue 1 (2025)
• The Principles of European Tort Law. Where are the Gaps – and How to Fill Them, Part 2 (Guest Editors: Christine Chappuis, Doris Forster and Thomas Kadner Graziano), Volume 15, Issue 1 (2024): 
• Prospectus Liability (Guest Editors: Danny Busch and Matthias Lehmann), Volume 14, Issue 2 (2023)
• The Principles of European Tort Law. Where are the Gaps – and How to Fill Them, Part 1 (Guest Editors: Christine Chappuis, Doris Forster and Thomas Kadner Graziano), Volume 14, Issue 1 (2023)
• Competition Law, Data Protection and Liability – Where is EU Tort Law Heading? (Guest Editor: Barbara C Steininger), Volume 13, Issue 2 (2022)
• Duty to Prevent Harm (Editor: Ken Oliphant), Volume 12, Issue 2 (2021)
• Public Authorities and Tort Law: A Difficult Marriage? (Editor: Ken Oliphant), Volume 11, Issue 1 (2020)
• Human Rights Violations in Global Supply Chains (Guest Editor: Martin Spitzer), Volume 10, Issue 2 (2019)
• Non-Contractual Liability for Railways, Buses and Aeroplanes (Guest Editor: Ernst Karner), Volume 9, Issue 2 (2018)
• Climate Change and Environmental Liability (Guest Editor: Martin Spitzer), Volume 8, Issue 2 (2017)
• Liability for Unknown Risks (Guest Editor: Georg E Kodek), Volume 7, Issue 2 (2016)
• Atomised Losses in Tort Law (Guest Editor: Georg E Kodek), Volume 6, Issue 2 (2015)
• Cyber Torts (Editor: Bernhard A Koch), Volume 5, Issue 2 (2014)
• Tort Law and the Financial Crisis (Editor: Ernst Karner), Volume 4, Issue 2 (2013)
• Cultures of Tort Law in Europe (Editor: Ken Oliphant), Volume 3, Issue 2 (2012)
• Liability for Omissions (Editor: Ken Oliphant), Volume 2, Issue 2 (2011)
• Wrongful Birth and Wrongful Life (Editor: Ken Oliphant), Volume 1, Issue 2 (2010)

Further information, including subscription details and instructions for authors, is available on the JETL website.