Pure Economic Loss in Europe (The Common Core of European Private Law) - Softcover

Bussani, Mauro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521180058 ISBN 13: 9780521180054

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Pure economic loss is one of the most discussed and controversial legal issues in Europe today, raising complex questions which affect the law of tort and contract. How far can tort liability expand without imposing excessive burdens upon individual activity? Should the recovery of pure economic loss be the domain principally of the law of contract? And is there a common core of principles, policies and rules governing tortious liability for pure economic loss in Europe? Originally published in 2003, this is a comprehensive study of the subject, using a fact-based comparative method and in-depth research into the laws of thirteen European countries. Following a historical and analytical introduction to economic loss, experts from most European countries consider how their national systems would deal with the same practical problem, highlighting similarities and differences in a range of comprehensive issues. This is the third publication of the Common Core of European Private Law.

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About the Author

Mauro Bussani is Professor of Law at the University of Trieste. Vernon Valentine Palmer is Thomas Pickles Professor Law at the Tulane University School of Law.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521180058
• ISBN 13: 9780521180054
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 638