Modernising Civil Liability Law in Europe, China, Brazil and Russia : Texts and Commentaries.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of Cases; Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights; Decisions of the European Court of Justice; French cases; German cases; Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court); Reichsgericht (Imperial Court 1879-1945); Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice 1950- ); Oberlandesgerichte (Courts of Appeal); Other courts; Reichsarbeitsgericht (Imperial Labour Court 1927-1945); Arbeitsgerichte (Labour Courts); Bundesarbeitsgericht (Federal Labour Court); United Kingdom cases; United States cases.

Other casesCanada; Italy; Netherlands; Switzerland; Abbreviations; PART 1 Draft Bill on Civil Liability Law; A Draft Bill on Civil Liability Law -- text; Title I Basic rules; Article 1:101 Basic norm; Article 1:102 Legally protected interests of a human being; Article 1:103 Other legally protected interests; Article 1:104 Natural environment/ecological damage; Article 1:105 Causation; Article 1:106 Grounds for attribution; Article 1:107 Indirect injuries/remoteness; Article 1:108 Burden of proof and standard of proof; Title II Personal liability for wrongful conduct.

Chapter 1 Injurious human behaviourArticle 2:101 Conduct; Article 2:102 Duty to procure safety; Chapter 2 Wrongfulness; Article 2:201 Intention; Article 2:202 Negligence; Article 2:203 Breach of duty/breach of statutory duty; Chapter 3 Delictual capacity and liability for persons without delictual capacity; Article 2:301 Delictual capacity; Article 2:302 Liability for supervision of persons without delictual capacity/liability on the grounds of equitable principles; Title III Enterprise, professional and state liability; Chapter 1 General enterprise liability.

Article 3:101 Basic rule of enterprise liability/'Reverse Learned Hand'Article 3:102 Owner of a business enterprise; Article 3:103 Employer's liability; Article 3:104 Employee's liability; Chapter 2 Special cases of enterprise liability; Subchapter (a) Product liability; Article 3:201 Ground for liability; Article 3:202 Defective product; Article 3:203 Producer; Article 3:204 Exclusion of liability; Article 3:205 The duty to monitor one's product and post-sale duty to inform; Subchapter (b) Environmental liability; Article 3:206 Environmental impairments and individual loss.

Subchapter (c) Pure economic loss in the course of businessArticle 3:207 Liability for pure economic loss caused through business or professional activities; Chapter 3 State liability; Article 3:301 Defective and dangerous technical facilities; Article 3:302 Injuries to fundamental rights; Article 3:303 Organisational liability; Article 3:304 Liability of state employer; Article 3:305 Liability of civil servants; Article 3:306 Monetary compensation; Article 3:307 Lawful state interference; Title IV General and special rules of strict liability; Chapter 1 General norm.

Article 4:101 Particularly dangerous industrial activity.

A proposal for reform of civil liability law based on redesigning negligence and introducing stricter forms of liability.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-256) and index.

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