Research handbook on EU tort law / edited by Paula Giliker, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Bristol, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giliker, Paula, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in European law.

Research Handbooks in European Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torts--European Union countries.

Torts.

Liability (Law)--European Union countries.

Liability (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

European Union tax law

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The Research Handbook on EU Tort Law critically examines tort liability arising from EU law.It brings together for the first time different elements of EU tort law to provide a comprehensive overview of the institutional liability of the EU, member state liability and liability arising from a variety of EU legislation.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Table of cases

Table of legislation

1. What do we mean by 'EU tort law'?

2. The non-contractual liability of the European Union: principle, practice and promise

PART I THE INTERFACE OF EU AND NATIONAL LAW

3. Compensatory remedies in EU law: the relationship between EU law and national law

4. Francovich liability before national courts: 25 years on, has anything changed?

5. Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products: in the name of harmonisation, the internal market and consumer protection

6. The interface of EU and national tort law: competition law

7. Data protection law

8. Employment law

9. A compulsory diet of chickens and eggs: the EU Motor Insurance Directives as a shadow tort regime

10. Financial services and regulation

11. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: remedying economic torts?

PART II A CULTURE OF EU TORT LAW?

12. A 'European' tort law? Comparative thoughts on an 'essentially contested' private law institution

13. European tort law in Western Europe

PART III HARMONISING EUROPEAN TORT LAW

14. The Principles of European Tort Law (PETL) at the beginning of a second decade

15. The tort provisions of the Study Group on a European Civil Code and their uses

16. The harmonisation of EU tort law: a law and economics analysis

PART IV CONCLUSION

17. The future of EU tort law

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

1-78536-572-X

OCLC:

1007134419