The Development And Making Of Legal Doctrine: Volume 6

by Nils Jansen

2021-01-08 05:41:31

This detailed description and comparative analysis of the development of tort law in Europe over the last 150 years is based on national reports that are structured by a basic questionnaire. The national reports are complemented with a comparative an... Read more
This detailed description and comparative analysis of the development of tort law in Europe over the last 150 years is based on national reports that are structured by a basic questionnaire. The national reports are complemented with a comparative analysis of the parallel, though often diverging, developments in the different legal systems. It can clearly be seen that different groups in the legal systems, such as judges and scholars, often had diverging views on tort law that were translated into more specific doctrinal and evaluative statements. Accompanied by a general expansion of liability due to changing perceptions of the risks of accidents, the former Roman law of delict and the medieval law of torts have been transformed into modern rules of extra-contractual liability that are deeply entrenched into the social security and insurance systems. Less

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File size9.02 X 5.98 X 0.55 in
Print pages254
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date July 31, 2014
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781107475793
Author
Nils Jansen, Professor for Civil Law and Director in the Institute for Legal History, University of Münster.Reinhard Zimmermann, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International...

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