Comparative Product Liability
Published on 8. February 1993
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-1-85521-078-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a grounding in the principles of product liability and examines how they have been tackled by different legal systems. In particular the author looks at European developments against the background of, for example, the United States, where the concern to protect consumers of defective products has led to something of a products liability crisis - large damage awards plus strict liability have meant that it is difficult for some industries to obtain insurance - and New Zealand, where a no fault compensation scheme operates. The book provides an understanding of the process by which European laws are harmonized, by analyzing the European Directive on Product Liability - and assesses how effective the measures taken have been in the European Community and elsewhere.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 241 mm
Weight
670 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85521-078-3 (9781855210783)
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Content
The fundamentals of product liability; European harmonization; European product liability directive; product liability in the United Kingdom - contract; product liability in the United Kingdom - negligence; United Kingdom's consumer protection act 1987; France - Europe's loser in the product liability stakes?; Germany - minimalist implementation of the directive; Scandinavia - the insurance solution; product liability in the rest of Europe - the impact of the directive; harmony in Europe? United States - birthplace of the product liability phenomemon; United States - the product liability reform debate; Canadian product liability - the middle ground; Australia - radical thinking - traditional reform; New Zealand's accident compensation approach to product liability; Product liability compensation and harmonization - a personal view.