PRODUCT LIABILITY

Fundamental Questions in a Comparative Perspective

Helmut Koziol, Michael D. Green, Mark Lunney, Ken Oliphant, Lixin Yang, Helmut Koziol, Michael D. Green, Mark Lunney, Ken Oliphant, Lixin Yang

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9783110545814
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Comparative Law
• Index: Law

Where products develop ever more rapidly, the law may face difficulties in responding accordingly to new security threats which may arise. In the field of product liability, an extraordinary need for legal development has thus been perceived, with legislators and judges feeling compelled to find new solutions and to look across borders for these. In the detailed reports in this book, the World Tort Law Society proves that it is in an ideal position to examine the most significant concepts. The report on North America studies the special regime for product liability from its origin in the case law of the US; the European report is centred around the EU Product Liability Directive with its merits and faults; and the influence of these two systems as well as new answers are shown in the reports on Asia, Russia and four key jurisdictions in the rest of the world. Similar questions are discussed worldwide: How can a strict liability regime for products be justified, and can it be justified in all cases? How does the special regime relate to general rules of tort law? Should services be subject to a similar regime? The Members of the Society seek to provoke thought for solutions to these pervasive problems. In this spirit, the volume's comparative conclusions invite discussion, and the book includes four responses to that call from eminent tort lawyers from different legal backgrounds.

Index

• action directe see direct action
• administrative supervision 2/112; 5/36, 7/13, 7/16, 7/39; 10/211; 11/79, 11/115; 12/190; 16/9, 16/16
• aims of tort law 13/3, 16/4, 16/20
• assumption of risk 3/34; 11/12; 12/12
• breach of statutory duty 12/38, 12/143; 16/19
• burden of proof 1/11, 1/21; 2/59, 2/69, 2/88, 2/101, 3/5, 3/20, 3/60; 4/12; 5/28; 6/25, 6/27; 7/6, 7/10, 7/16, 7/41, 7/75; 8/20, 8/38, 8/43, 8/54, 8/67; 10/41, 10/51, 10/57, 10/62, 10/70, 10/88, 10/107, 10/122, 10/179, 10/223, 10/244, 10/253, 10/257, 10/267; 11/14, 11/58, 11/100, 11/105, 11/126; 12/30, 12/32, 12/39, 12/139, 12/141, 12/151, 12/162, 12/192; 13/34, 13/50, 13/63, 13/79, 13/86, 13/96; 16/12
• case law 1/7; 6/2; 7/14; 9/2, 9/5; 10/22, 10/25, 10/43, 10/51, 10/58; 11/2; 12/33; 16/4
• chain of contracts 10/82, 10/85; 12/172, 12/253, 12/260; 13/45, 13/50, 13/111
• commercial property 3/14; 6/22; 8/26; 10/49, 10/62; 13/38, 13/76; 16/3, 16/25
• concurrence of claims 2/25, 2/42, 2/75; 4/70; 5/3; 7/58; 8/53; 9/20, 9/82; 10/9, 10/40, 10/92, 10/97, 10/202; 11/62, 11/64; 12/37, 12/43, 12/52, 12/83, 12/134, 12/146, 12/222, 12/245, 12/248; 16/39
• consequential damage 1/7; 2/24; 12/12; 13/70
• constitution 5/2, 5/5; 11/2; 12/3
• consumer expectations test 3/18, 3/27; 5/9, 5/19, 5/29: 6/17, 6/64; 7/61; 8/30, 8/68; 9/14; 10/76, 10/92, 10/105, 10/113, 10/116, 10/118, 10/125, 10/131; 11/21, 11/47, 11/51, 11/54, 11/61; 12/88, 12/100, 12/121, 12/161; 13/72, 13/115; 15/8; 16/24, 16/27 FN 1, 16/33, 16/39
• consumer protection 1/15; 2/28, 2/114; 4/24; 5/1, 5/5, 5/8, 5/36; 6/4, 6/47, 6/67, 7/57; 8/1, 8/7, 8/26, 8/50; 9/21, 9/103; 10/12; 11/17; 12/3, 12/7, 12/16, 12/144, 12/155, 12/188; 13/74, 13/114; 15/22, 15/24; 16/3, 16/26
• contracts for the benefit of third parties 10/47, 10/206; 12/143, 12/161, 12/208, 12/237; 15/22
• contracts with protective effects for third parties 1/13; 7/2; 10/41, 10/64, 10/109, 10/160, 10/183, 10/240, 10/249, 10/253; 12/180, 12/259
• contractual liability 1/3, 1/8; 2/38, 2/72, 2/80, 2/82, 2/91, 2/113; 3/34, 3/44, 3/57, 3/68, 3/73; 4/19, 4/29, 4/65, 4/68; 5/3, 5/23, 5/37; 6/4, 6/47, 6/80; 7/2, 7/31, 7/58, 7/69, 7/86, 7/94; 8/2, 8/11, 8/36, 8/40, 8/45, 8/49, 8/60, 8/63, 8/71, 8/83, 8/95, 8/101, 8/105; 9/24, 9/43, 9/84, 9/95, 9/106; 10/41, 10/44, 10/46, 10/51, 10/60, 10/64, 10/75, 10/82, 10/85, 10/107, 10/156, 10/179, 10/183, 10/202, 10/206, 10/211, 10/233, 10/237, 10/244, 10/249, 10/253, 10/257, 10/266; 11/8, 11/31, 11/63, 11/123; 12/26, 12/40, 12/44, 12/109, 12/161, 12/170, 12/208, 12/244, 12/260; 13/25, 13/37, 13/42, 13/110, 13/113; 15/22; 16/27
• contributory negligence 6/41; 7/27, 7/62; 10/7, 10/118; 11/55 FN 1; 12/12; 13/15, 13/117
• cost of litigation 5/9–10; 6/27; 11/28, 11/44; 12/164; 13/15, 13/34, 13/120; 15/11; 16/5, 16/13
• damage to the product itself 2/22, 2/48, 2/107, 2/110; 3/21; 4/2, 4/19; 5/22; 6/22, 6/66; 8/19, 8/23, 8/34, 8/56; 9/43, 9/101; 10/23, 10/26, 10/96; 12/24, 12/73, 12/224
• dangerous things 1/20; 3/5; 7/45, 7/91; 10/58, 10/102, 10/273; 11/36; 13/33; 15/15; 16/29
• defectiveness 2/17, 2/31, 2/57, 2/78, 2/110; 3/16, 3/40, 3/45, 3/62; 4/7, 4/20, 4/45; 5/18, 5/28; 6/20, 6/26, 6/64, 6/76; 7/39, 7/60, 7/98; 8/32, 8/54, 8/80; 9/12, 9/34; 10/5, 10/29, 10/33, 10/87, 10/92, 10/104, 10/110, 10/119, 10/125, 10/174, 10/196, 10/204, 10/207; 11/21, 11/46, 11/50; 12/11, 12/20, 12/88, 12/111; 13/54, 13/108, 13/112; 15/3; 16/18, 16/24, 16/28, 16/32; 17/9
• defences 1/18, 1/22; 2/18, 2/34, 2/70, 2/111; 4/14, 4/50; 5/25, 5/54; 6/28, 6/77; 7/27; 9/46; 10/7, 10/14, 10/49, 10/138, 10/273; 11/76, 11/91; 12/12, 12/128; 13/53, 13/58; see also development risks defence
• design defects 1/19; 2/17, 2/88, 2/92; 3/17, 3/73; 4/9, 4/20, 4/48; 5/25; 6/37, 6/64; 7/608/32; 9/12...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Questions for Discussion (Helmut Koziol)
• Hypothetical Cases for Discussion (Ken Oliphant)
• Introductory Lecture (Helmut Koziol)
• Asia and Russia
• European Group Report (Willem H van Boom /Jean-Sébastien Borghetti/Andreas Bloch Ehlers /Ernst Karner/Donal Nolan /Ken Oliphant/Alessandro Scarso/Vibe Ulfbeck/Gerhard Wagner)
• North American Group Report (Bruce Feldthusen/John CP Goldberg/Michael D Green/Catherine M Sharkey)
• Report for the Rest of the World (Enrique Barros Bourie/Anton Fagan/Mark Lunney/Ronen Perry)
• Comparative Conclusions (Helmut Koziol)
• List of Contributors
• Index