Product Liability in Comparative Perspective

Abstract

Foreword Sir Michael Burton 1. Introduction Duncan Fairgrieve and Luis Gonzalez Vaque Part I. Country Reports: 2. The use of comparative law Michael Brooke, Ian Forrester, Nicholas Underhill and Sir Michael Burton 3. Spanish product liability today - adapting to the 'new' rules Miquel Martin-Casals 4. Interaction between the European directive on product liability and the former liability regime in Italy Eleonora Rajneri 5. L'Exception Francaise? The French law of product liability Duncan Fairgrieve 6. German product liability law Stefan Lenze 7. Dutch case law on the EU Cees C. van Dam 8. Defect in English Law - lessons for the harmonisation of European product liability Geraint Howells Part II. European Influences: 9. Product liability Hans Claudius Taschner 10. The development risks defence Mark Mildred 11. Approaches to product liability in the EU and Member States Christopher Hodges 12. Product liability - a history Geraint Howells Part III. Comparing Systems: 13. Harmonisation or divergence? Simon Taylor 14. Product liability law in Centre Europe and the true impact of the product liability directive Magdalena Sengayen 15. Bugs in Anglo-American products liability Jane Stapleton 16. Comparing product safety and liability law in Japan Luke Nottage Appendix.