Tort Law in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights / / ed. by Attila Fenyves, Ernst Karner, Helmut Koziol, Elisabeth Steiner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Berka, Walter,; Bydlinski, Franz,; Büyüksagis, Erdem,; Durant, Isabelle C.,; Fedtke, Jörg,; Fenyves, Attila,; Hinghofer-Szalkay, Dagmar,; Józon, Mónika,; Karl, Wolfram,; Karner, Ernst,; Kelliher, Denis,; Kellner, Markus,; Kissling, Christa,; Koch, Bernhard A.,; Koziol, Helmut,; Ludwichowska, Katarzyna,; Oliphant, Ken,; Riss, Olaf,; Steiner, Elisabeth,; Steininger, Barbara C.,; Thiede, Thomas,; Wallner-Friedl, Nora,; Wilcox, Vanessa,; de Salvia, Michel,
• HerausgeberIn: Fenyves, Attila,; Karner, Ernst,; Koziol, Helmut,; Steiner, Elisabeth,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Tort and Insurance Law ; 30
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (906 p.)

The goal of this study is to provide a general overview and thorough analysis of how the European Court of Human Rights deals with tort law issues such as damage, causation, wrongfulness and fault, the protective purpose of rules, remedies and the reduction of damages when applying art 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). These issues have been examined on the basis of a comprehensive selection and detailed analysis of the Court’s judgments and the results compared with different European legal systems (Austria, Belgium, England and Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey), EC Tort Law and the Principles of European Tort Law. The introduction of art 41 (ex art 50) ECHR in 1950 as a compromise and the issues it raises now, the methodological approaches to the tort law of the ECHR, the perspectives of human rights and tort law and public international law as well as the question of whether the reparation awarded to victims of ECHR violations can be considered real ‘just’ satisfaction are addressed in five special reports (two of which are also available in German). Concluding remarks try to summarise the outcome.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Just Satisfaction under Art 41 ECHR: A Compromise in 1950 – Problematic Now -- Fundamental Issues -- Methodological Approaches to the Tort Law of the ECHR -- Methodologische Ansätze zum Schadenersatzrecht der EMRK -- Human Rights and Tort Law -- Menschenrechte und Schadenersatzrecht -- ‘Just Satisfaction’ in Art 41 ECHR and Public International Law – Issues of Interpretation and Review of International Materials -- Can the Reparation Awarded to Victims of Violations under the ECHR be Considered a Real ‘Just’ Satisfaction? -- Special Topics -- Damage -- Causation -- Wrongfulness and Fault -- Protective Purpose of the Rule -- No-Fault or Strict Liability -- Compensation for Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Loss -- Punitive and Nominal Damages -- Satisfaction by Finding a Violation -- Contributory Negligence -- Reduction of Damages -- Concluding Remarks -- Concluding Remarks Regarding the Methods of Interpreting Art 41 ECHR -- Concluding Remarks on Damage -- Concluding Remarks on Causation -- Concluding Remarks on Wrongfulness and Fault -- Concluding Remarks on the Protective Purpose of the Rule -- Concluding Remarks on No-Fault or Strict Liability -- Concluding Remarks on Compensatory and Non-Compensatory Remedies -- Concluding Remarks on Contributory Negligence and Reduction Clause -- Index -- Publications