Pure Economic Loss in Europe: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law |
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| Editor:
| Bussani, Mauro
Palmer, Vernon Calentine |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-43670-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Pure economic loss is one of the most discussed and controversial legal issues in Europe today, raising complex questions which affect the law of tort and contract. How far can tort liability expand without imposing excessive burdens upon individual activity? Should the recovery of pure economic loss be the domain principally of the law of contract? And is there a common core of principles, policies and rules governing tortious liability for pure economic loss in Europe? This is the...
More DescriptionPure economic loss is one of the most discussed and controversial legal issues in Europe today, raising complex questions which affect the law of tort and contract. How far can tort liability expand without imposing excessive burdens upon individual activity? Should the recovery of pure economic loss be the domain principally of the law of contract? And is there a common core of principles, policies and rules governing tortious liability for pure economic loss in Europe? This is the first comprehensive study of the subject, using a fact-based comparative method and in-depth research into the laws of thirteen European countries. Following a historical and analytical introduction to economic loss, experts from most European countries consider how their national systems would deal with the same practical problem, highlighting similarities and differences in a range of comprehensive issues. This is the third publication of the Common Core of European Private Law.