The foundations of tort law in European systems differ considerably. Until recently, there was no attempt to harmonize the entire field of tort law in a consistent and comprehensive manner. A group of tort law experts, the ¿European Group on Tort Law¿, has been engaged over the last 11 years in systematically researching the most fundamental questions underlying the various tort law systems. The result of their work is this important series of books, which seeks a common law of Europe without the need to lay these principles down in formal legal texts, such as a European civil code.
In this volume, the authors provide an overview of contributory negligence and its relevance in the allocation of damages under their respective national tort system. Of immense practical importance, the concept of contributory negligence is further examined in an analysis of actual cases. This volume also contains an economic analysis of this area of tort law as well as a comparative report which summarizes and compares the most important elements identified by the individual country reports.
In summary, this volume shows the common grounds of contributory negligence in the various legal systems under examination. In addition, it provides the academic and the practitioner with the fundamental aspects of contributory negligence in the countries covered.
List of Abbreviations, Contributory Negligence: Questionnaire and Cases
(Ulrich Magnus/Miquel Martín-Casals) Part I – General
questions Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence under
Austrian Law (Monika Hinteregger) Part I – General Part II
– Cases Contributory Negligence under Belgian Law (Herman
Cousy/Dimitri Droshout) Part I – General questions Part II
– Cases Contributory Negligence under Czech Law (Lubosˇ Tichy´)
Part I – General questions Part II – Cases
Contributory Negligence under English Law (W. V. Horton Rogers) Part I
– General questions Part II – Cases Contributory
Negligence under German Law (Jörg Fedtke and Ulrich Magnus) Part I
– General questions Part II – Cases Contributory
Negligence under Greek Law (Konstantinos D. Kerameus) Part I –
General questions Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence
under Israeli Law (Israel Gilead) Part I – General questions
Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence under Italian Law
(Francesco D. Busnelli/Elena Bargelli/Giovanni Comandé) Part I –
General questions Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence
under Dutch Law (Willem H. van Boom) Part I – General questions
Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence under Polish Law
(Miroslaw Nesterowicz/Ewa Bagiñska) Part I – General questions
Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence under South African Law
(Johann Neethling) Part I – General questions Part II –
Cases Contributory Negligence under Spanish Law (Miquel
Martín-Casals/Josep Solé) Part I – General questions
Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence under Swedish Law
(Bill W. Dufwa) Part I – General questions Part II – Cases
Contributory Negligence under Swiss Law (Pierre Widmer) Part I –
General questions Part II – Cases Contributory Negligence
under United States Law (Gary T. Schwartz) Part I – General
questions Part II – Cases Economic Analysis of Contributory
Negligence (Michael G. Faure) Comparative Conclusions (Ulrich
Magnus/Miquel Martín-Casals) Part I – General questions
Part II – Cases Index