Product Liability
Published on 1. February 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-406-03503-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cambridge University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
642 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-406-03503-5 (9780406035035)
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Content
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.