Product liability is a developing area of the law that was changed radically by Part 1 of the 'Consumer Protection Act 1987', which in turn implemented an EC Directive on the subject. This student text offers a detailed, contextual and authoritative account of the origins, theoretical basis and practical workings of product liability law.
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Höhe: 248 mm
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978-0-521-61351-4 (9780521613514)
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Australian National University, Canberra
1. Product liability law reform; 2. Evolution of product liability doctrine in the US; 3. Evolution of UK product liability doctrine and the 1985 EC Directive; 4. Lessons and limits of the US experience; 5. Liability as an economic strategy; 6. Critique of wealth maximisation; 7. Non-economic theories of liability; 8. A new theory of strict moral enterprise liability; 9. Gaps in the theoretical basis of the Directive; 10. The 'defect' requirement; 11. Relatively stable boundaries; 12. Specific sources of instability; Some conclusions; Appendices.
