Comparative Studies in the Development of the Law of Torts in Europe 6 Volume Set

This six-volume set contains the results of the first stage of an AHRC-funded project which aims to examine the nature of legal development in Western Europe since 1850, focusing on liability for fault. By bringing together experts with different disciplinary backgrounds - comparative lawyers and legal historians, all with an understanding of modern tort law in their own systems - and getting them to work collaboratively, the books produce a more nuanced comparative legal history, and one which is theoretically better informed. Also available, the three-volume set containing the results of the second and final stage of this project, published in October 2012.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1. The Development of Product Liability: 1. Introduction to fault in product liability Simon Whittaker; 2. The development of product liability in England Simon Whittaker; 3. The development of product liability in French law Jean-Sébastien Borghetti; 4. The development of product liability in Germany Gerhard Wagner; 5. The development of product liability in the Netherlands Ivo Giesen; 6. The development of product liability in Italy Nadia Coggiola; 7. The development of product liability in Spain Miquel Martín-Casals and Josep Solé Feliu; Appendix: code provisions. Volume 2. The Development of Liability between Neighbours: 1. Introduction to disturbances among neighbours James Gordley; 2. Relationships between neighbours: England and Wales 1850–2000 Paula Giliker; 3. Disturbances among neighbours in French law James Gordley; 4. Disturbances between neighbours in Germany 1850–2000 Andreas Their; 5. Fault liability between neighbours in the Netherlands 1850–2000 A. J. Verheij; 6. Neighbourhood liability in Scotland 1850–2000 Gordon Cameron; 7. Relations between neighbours in Spanish law 1850–2000 Aniceto Masferrer; Main code provisions cited. Volume 3. The Development of Medical Liability: 1. General introduction Ewoud Hondius; 2. The development of medical liability in England and Wales Warren Swain; 3. The development of medical liability in Scotland Niall Whitty; 4. The development of medical liability and accident compensation in France Simon Taylor; 5. The development of medical liability in Austria Bernhard Koch; 6. The development of medical liability in the Netherlands Ewoud Hondius; 7. The development of medical liability in Spain María Paz García Rubio and Belén Trigo García. Volume 4. The Development of Liability in Relation to Technological Change: 1. General introduction Miquel Martin-Casals; 2. Technological change and the development of liability for fault in England and Wales Jonathan Morgan; 3. Technological change and the development of liability for fault in France Yvonne Salmon; 4. Technological change and the development of liability for fault in Germany Jens Scherpe; 5. Technological change and the development of liability for fault in Italy Chiara Favilli; 6. Technological change and the development of liability for fault in Spain Miquel Martín-Casals and Jordi Ribot. Volume 5. The Development of Traffic Liability: 1. General introduction Wolfgang Ernst; 2. The development of traffic liability in England and Wales Roderick Bagshaw; 3. The development of traffic liability in France Anne Guégan-Lécuyer; 4. The development of traffic liability in Germany Sebastian Lohsse; 5. The development of traffic liability in the Netherlands Cees van Dam and Gerrit van Maanen; 6. The development of traffic liability in Spain Isabel González Pacanowksa; 7. The development of traffic liability in Sweden Sandra Friberg and Bill W. Dufwa; Main code provisions cited. Volume 6. The Development and Making of Legal Doctrine: 1. The development of legal doctrine in Europe: extracontractual liability for fault Nils Jansen; 2. The tort of negligence in England David Ibbetson; 3. French doctrinal writing Jean-Louis Halpérin; 4. Developing legal doctrine: fault in the German law of delict Nils Jansen; 5. Fault in legal doctrine in the Netherlands Antoine Hol; 5. Liability for fault in Italian law: the development of legal doctrine from 1865 to the end of the twentieth century Michele Graziadei; 7. The development of legal doctrine on fault in Spanish tort law Miquel Martín-Casals and Albert Ruda; 8. Scandinavian exceptionalism: the development of modern Swedish tort law Kjell Å Modéer.

About the Author :
David Ibbetson is Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge. John Bell is a Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge.