Product Liability

Jane Stapleton (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

1994
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-61351-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Product liability is a developing area of the law that was changed radically by Part 1 of the 'Consumer Protection Act 1987', which in turn implemented an EC Directive on the subject. This student text offers a detailed, contextual and authoritive account of the origins, theoretical basis and practical workings of product liability law.

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Product liability is a developing area of the law that was changed radically by Part 1 of the 'Consumer Protection Act 1987', which in turn implemented an EC Directive on the subject. This student text offers a detailed, contextual and authoritative account of the origins, theoretical basis and practical workings of product liability law.

Inhalt

1. Product liability law reform; 2. Evolution of product liability doctrine in the US; 3. Evolution of UK product liability doctrine and the 1985 EC Directive; 4. Lessons and limits of the US experience; 5. Liability as an economic strategy; 6. Critique of wealth maximisation; 7. Non-economic theories of liability; 8. A new theory of strict moral enterprise liability; 9. Gaps in the theoretical basis of the Directive; 10. The 'defect' requirement; 11. Relatively stable boundaries; 12. Specific sources of instability; Some conclusions; Appendices.

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Law in Context
• Zusatzinfo: Worked examples or Exercises
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Gewicht: 500 g
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Handelsrecht
• ISBN-10: 0-521-61351-5 / 0521613515
• ISBN-13: 978-0-521-61351-4 / 9780521613514
• Zustand: Neuware