PUREECONOMICLOSS IN EUROPE

Abstract

General editor's preface Preface List of contributors Table of legislation Relevant statutory and codified provisions (in translation) List of abbreviations Part I. Situating the Frontier: 1. The notion of pure economic loss and its setting Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer 2. The rule against recovery in negligence for pure economic loss: an historical accident? James Gordley 3A. Pure economic loss: an economic analysis Jurgen G. Backhaus 3B. Liability for pure financial loss: revisiting the economic foundations of a legal doctrine Francesco Parisi 4. American tort law and the (supposed) economic loss rule Gary T. Schwartz 5. The liability regimes of Europe - their facades and interiors Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer Part II. The Comparative Evidence: Case Responses and Editors' Comparative Comments: 6. Preliminary remarks on methodology Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer 7. The case studies Part III. Much Ado About Something: 8. Summary and survey of the cases and results Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer 9. General conclusions of the study Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer 10. The recoverability of pure economic loss within the perspective of a European codification Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer Bibliography Index.