Mass Torts in Europe: Cases and Reflections

in recent years, there has been a growing interest in the legal aspects of mass torts in Europe. Both academics, legislatures, courts and policymakers throughout the whole of Europe have been struggling with the challenges that such 'massification' of private law relationships poses both in and outside of tort law. The subject moves between the law of civil procedure, substantive tort law, access to justice debates and regulatory frameworks for mass disputes. This volume offers both a caleidoscopic review of real-life key cases of mass tort and an in-depth reflection on the broader implications of mass tort in Europe. Thus, the challenges posed by mass torts are explored, mapped and analysed.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wagner ist ordentlicher Professor an der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Bonn und lehrt Deutsches und Europäisches Privat- und Prozessrecht, internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung..

Product details

• Assisted by: Willem H. Boom (Editor), Willem H. Van Boom (Editor), Wille H van Boom (Editor), Willem H van Boom (Editor), Wagner (Editor), Wagner (Editor), Gerhard Wagner (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.10.2014
• EAN: 9783110349450
• ISBN: 978-3-11-034945-0
• No. of pages: 311
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 26 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 582 g
• Series: Tort and Insurance Law; Tort and Insurance Law; Tort and Insurance Law, 34
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law