1st Edition

Pure Economic Loss New Horizons in Comparative Law

338 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

344 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

344 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

Pure economic loss is one of the most-discussed problems in the fields of tort and contract. How do we understand the various differences and similarities between these systems and what is the extent to which there is a common-core of agreement on this question? This book takes a comparative approach to the subject, exploring the principles, policies and rules governing tortious liability for... Read more

Preface  Part 1 1. Introduction  2. The Liability Systems - A functional Ordering  Part 2: The National Contributions  1. Japan  2. Croatia  3. Quebec  4. United States  5. Canada  6. Israel  7. South Africa  8. Poland  9. Denmark  Part 3  1. Surveying the Results  2. General Conclusions

Biography

Vernon Valentine Palmer is the Thomas Pickles Professor of Law and the Director of the Eason-Weinmann Center of Comparative Law at Tulane University, USA.

Mauro Bussani is Full Professor of Private and Comparative Law at the University of Trieste, Italy, and Regular Visiting Professor at the University of Macau Law School, S.A.R. of the People’s Republic of China.