Common law and civil law perspectives on tort law /
Bussani, Mauro,
Common law and civil law perspectives on tort law / Mauro Bussani, Anthony J. Sebok, & Marta Infantino. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 262 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text provides scholars, lawyers, and law students with a comparative overview of the law of civil liability for injuries arising outside of contract in five major legal systems in the common law and civil law traditions: England, the United States, France, Germany, and Italy. The book analyzes a number of foundational issues that lie at the core of tort law in all the jurisdictions surveyed, and takes them as points of comparison for appreciating commonalities and differences between the common law and the civil law traditions, as well as within each of these traditions. The analysis covers the structure and context of tort law architectures, the role of negligence and the continuum between fault and strict liability, rules on recovery for personal injuries, non-economic losses and for pure economic losses, tests and approaches to causation, medical, and products liability regimes.
Specialized.
9780199365982 (ebook) : No price
Torts.
K923 / .B873 2022
346.03
Common law and civil law perspectives on tort law / Mauro Bussani, Anthony J. Sebok, & Marta Infantino. - 1 online resource (xxxii, 262 pages). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text provides scholars, lawyers, and law students with a comparative overview of the law of civil liability for injuries arising outside of contract in five major legal systems in the common law and civil law traditions: England, the United States, France, Germany, and Italy. The book analyzes a number of foundational issues that lie at the core of tort law in all the jurisdictions surveyed, and takes them as points of comparison for appreciating commonalities and differences between the common law and the civil law traditions, as well as within each of these traditions. The analysis covers the structure and context of tort law architectures, the role of negligence and the continuum between fault and strict liability, rules on recovery for personal injuries, non-economic losses and for pure economic losses, tests and approaches to causation, medical, and products liability regimes.
Specialized.
9780199365982 (ebook) : No price
Torts.
K923 / .B873 2022
346.03
