Non-Contractual Liability Arising out of Damage Caused to Another / / Christian von Bar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Bar, Christian von,
• Place / Publishing House: Munich : : Otto Schmidt/De Gruyter european law pub, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Principles of European Law ,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1384 p.)

"Non-contractual liability arising out of damage caused to another" is one of the three main non-contractual obligations dealt with in the DCFR. The law of non-contractual liability arising out of damage caused to another (in the Common Law known as tort law or the law of torts, but in most other jurisdictions referred to as the law of delict) is the area of law which determines whether one who has suffered a damage can on that account demand reparation (in money or in kind) from another with whom there may be no other legal connection than the causation of damage itself. Besides determining the scope and extent of responsibility for dangers of one's own or another's creation, this field of law serves to protect fundamental rights in the private law domain, that is to say horizontally between citizens inter se. Based on pan-European comparative research which annotates the work, this volume presents model rules on liability. Explanatory comments and illustrations amplify the policy decisions involved. During the drafting process, comparative material from over 25 different EU jurisdictions has been taken into account. The work therefore is not only a presentation of a future model for European rules to come but provides also a fairly detailed indication of the present legal situation in the Member States.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Text of Articles -- Chapter 1: Fundamental provisions -- Chapter 2: Legally relevant damage -- Chapter 3: Accountability -- Chapter 4: Causation -- Chapter 5: Defences -- Chapter 6: Remedies -- Chapter 7: Ancillary rules -- Backmatter