Comparative tort law : global perspectives / edited by Mauro Bussani, Professor, University of Trieste, Italy and adjunct professor, University of Macao, S.A.R. of the P.R. of China ; Anthony J. Sebok, Professor, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, New York, USA and distinguished research professor, College of Law, Swansea University, UK.
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Title
Comparative tort law : global perspectives / edited by Mauro Bussani, Professor, University of Trieste, Italy and adjunct professor, University of Macao, S.A.R. of the P.R. of China ; Anthony J. Sebok, Professor, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University, New York, USA and distinguished research professor, College of Law, Swansea University, UK.
Published
Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Call Number
K923 .C648 2015
ISBN
9781849801416 (hardback)
184980141X (hardback)
9781784718138 (eBook)
184980141X (hardback)
9781784718138 (eBook)
Description
viii, 509 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)924617040
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of contributors
vii
1.
Introduction to comparative tort law: Global perspectives / Anthony J. Sebok
1
pt. I
GENERAL ISSUES
2.
many cultures of tort liability / Marta Infantino
11
3.
Tort law and conflict of laws / Symeon C. Symeonides
39
4.
Tort law and human rights / Eric A. Engle
70
5.
Tort and crime / Matthew Dyson
93
6.
Liability rules: An economic taxonomy / Francesco Parisi
122
1.
Tort law and insurance / Ina Ebert
144
8.
Alternative compensation schemes from a comparative perspective / Daniel Jutras
151
pt. II
WESTERN LAW OF TORTS
9.
architecture of the common and civil law of torts: An historical survey / James Gordley
173
10.
bounds between negligence and strict liability / Erdem Buyuksagis
201
11.
Professional liability / Ewoud Hondius
226
12.
Product liability / Mathias Reimann
250
13.
Causation theories and causation rules / Marta Infantino
279
14.
comparative law sketch of pure economic loss / Vernon Valentine Palmer
300
15.
Tort damages for non-economic losses: Personal injury / Stephen D. Sugarman
323
pt. III
NON-WESTERN PERSPECTIVES
16.
Tort law in Japan / Emi Matsumoto
359
17.
Chinese tort law: Between tradition and transplants / Hao Jiang
385
18.
Customary tort law in Sub-Saharan Africa / Dominic N. Dagbanja
412
19.
Islamic tort law / Abdul Basir bin Mohamad
441
20.
Tort law in Latin America / Marco de Morpurgo
474
Index
493