TY - GEN AU - Graziano, Thomas Kadner TI - Comparative Tort Law: : Cases, Materials, and Exercises SN - 9781138567733 U1 - 346.403 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Torts -- Europe N2 - 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 ER -