Comparative Tort Law: Cases, Materials, and Exercises

Contents
The conditions and limits of extra-contractual liability: cable cases
Fault-based liability and the required standard of care : the case of damage caused by minors
Fault-based liability in action : challenges of establishing fault (and alternative regimes) : the case of sport accidents
Liability without fault : ruptured water mains : casum sentit dominus?
Most common cases : traffic accidents
Liability in cases of uncertain causation : "all or nothing" or partial compensation in relation to the probability of causation?
Damage suffered by secondary victims : the case of psychiatric injury, "nervous shock" or "post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" following the loss or severe injury of a loved one
Damage suffered by secondary victims : damages for pure emotional harm following the loss or severe injury of a loved one
Liability for others : the case of liability of parents for damage caused by their children
Liability for pure economic loss : the case of liability for wrongful information and advice
Protection of privacy and the purpose(s) of tort law
Damage to public goods : the case of damage to the environment, pure ecological damage in particular
Comparative tort litigation : an introduction, with a focus on the costs of lawsuits
Cross-border torts : coordinating legal diversity through private international law : an introduction
Epilogue : tort law in context, and potential alternatives to tort liability.