The Development of Product Liability

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2014
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-47556-4 (ISBN)

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The legal problems of product liability have changed in response to new manufacturing and distribution methods. This examination of western-European legal systems combines legal history and comparative law to demonstrate how tort law has adapted to meet these new conditions.

Mass production and changes in distribution chains have severely restricted the power of the seller and the buyer to use their own skill and judgement. As a result, 'product liability' has developed into a distinct area of legal regulation. Traditional legal techniques, such as the warranty against latent defects in contract and fault in tort, proved inadequate safeguards. This examination of western-European legal systems combines legal history and comparative law to demonstrate how tort law has adapted to meet these new conditions.

Simon Whittaker is Professor of European Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

1. Introduction to fault in product liability Simon Whittaker; 2. The development of product liability in England Simon Whittaker; 3. The development of product liability in French law Jean-Sébastien Borghetti; 4. The development of product liability in Germany Gerhard Wagner; 5. The development of product liability in the Netherlands Ivo Giesen; 6. The development of product liability in Italy Nadia Coggiola; 7. The development of product liability in Spain Miquel Martín-Casals and Josep Solé Feliu; Appendix: code provisions.

Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-107-47556-2 / 1107475562
ISBN-13	978-1-107-47556-4 / 9781107475564
Zustand	Neuware