Pure Economic Loss in Europe

Informationen zum Autor Mauro Bussani is Professor of Law at the University of Trieste. Vernon Valentine Palmer is Thomas Pickles Professor Law at the Tulane University School of Law. Klappentext This 2003 study uses a fact-based comparative method and in-depth research into the laws of thirteen European countries. Zusammenfassung How far can tort liability expand without imposing excessive burdens upon individual activity? This comprehensive 2003 study of pure economic loss in Europe uses a fact-based comparative method and research into the laws of thirteen European countries. Includes a historical and analytical introduction to economic loss. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's preface; Preface; List of contributors; Table of legislation; Relevant statutory and codified provisions (in translation); List of abbreviations; Part I. Situating the Frontier: 1. The notion of pure economic loss and its setting Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer; 2. The rule against recovery in negligence for pure economic loss: an historical accident? James Gordley; 3A. Pure economic loss: an economic analysis Jürgen G. Backhaus; 3B. Liability for pure financial loss: revisiting the economic foundations of a legal doctrine Francesco Parisi; 4. American tort law and the (supposed) economic loss rule Gary T. Schwartz; 5. The liability regimes of Europe - their façades and interiors Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer; Part II. The Comparative Evidence: Case Responses and Editors' Comparative Comments: 6. Preliminary remarks on methodology Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer; 7. The case studies; Part III. Much Ado About Something: 8. Summary and survey of the cases and results Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer; 9. General conclusions of the study Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer; 10. The recoverability of pure economic loss within the perspective of a European codification Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer; Bibliography; Index....

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• Authors: Mauro Bussani, Mauro (Universita Degli Studi DI Trieste) Bussani, Mauro Palmer Bussani
• Assisted by: Mauro Bussani (Editor), Bussani Mauro (Editor), Vernon Valentine Palmer (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521180054
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18005-4
• No. of pages: 638
• Series: Common Core of European Privat; The Common Core of European Private Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / International, comparative law