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Informationen zum Autor Professor Duncan Fairgrieve is Senior Fellow in Comparative Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, and Professor of Comparative Law at Université Paris Dauphine PSL. He is also a barrister practising from 1 Crown Office Row, London. Professor Richard Goldberg is Chair in Law at Durham Law School, Durham University. Klappentext The leading authority on product liability law and practice, this work provides comprehensive analysis of product liability under the common law of negligence, the strict liability provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, and the EU's Product Liability Directive, placed in context of the international and transnational legal framework. Zusammenfassung The leading authority on product liability law and practice, this work provides comprehensive analysis of product liability under the common law of negligence, the strict liability provisions of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, and the EU's Product Liability Directive, placed in context of the international and transnational legal framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction and Modern Historical Outline Part I - LIABILITY IN CONTRACT AND FOR MISREPRESENTATIONS 2: Privity of Contract 3: Express Warranties and Misrepresentations 4: Implied terms as to Correspondence with Description, Satisfactory Quality and Fitness for Purpose 5: Remedies for Breach of the Implied Terms 6: Exemption Clauses and Unfair Contract Terms Part II - STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT 7: Introduction to Strict Product Liability 8: Persons Subject to Strict Liability 9: Products Within the Strict Liability Regime 10: The Requirements of a Defect: Introductory Issues 11: Manufacturing or Production Defects and Design Defects 12: Defects in Warnings or Directions for Use 13: Statutory Defences to Liability Part III - LIABILITY IN TORT FOR NEGLIGENCE 14: The Producer's Liability in Negligence 15: The Liability in Negligence of Persons Other than Producers Part IV - LIABILITY IN TORT: ISSUES COMMON TO STRICT LIABILITY AND LIABILITY IN NEGLIGENCE 16: The Types of Damage or Loss Compensated 17: Causation, Remoteness of Damage and Defences Part V - CONFLICT OF LAWS 18: Product Liability and the Conflict of Laws - Professor Jonathan Harris, Birmingham University Part VI - PRODUCT SAFETY AND THE CRIMINAL LAW 19: Provisions Covering General Product Safety APPENDIX 1 - EXTRACTS FROM CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 1987 APPENDIX 2 - COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 85/374/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING LIABILITY FOR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS APPENDIX 3 - COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2001/95/EC ON GENERAL PRODUCT SAFETY ...
