Previous edition: 2015. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Preface to the second edition -- Tort law in Brazil / Umberto Celli Jr. The many cultures of tort liability / Mauro Bussani and Marta Infantino -- Tort law and conflict of laws / Symeon C. Symeonides -- Compensation at the intersection of tort law and international human rights law / Giovanna Gilleri -- Tort and crime / Matthew Dyson -- Liability rules : an economic taxonomy / Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Francesco Parisi -- Tort law and insurance / Ina Ebert -- Alternative compensation schemes from a comparative perspective / Daniel Jutras -- The architecture of the common and civil law of torts : an historical survey / James Gordley -- The bounds between negligence and strict liability / Franz Werro and Erdem Büyüksagis -- Professional liability / Ewoud Hondius -- Product liability / Mathias Reimann -- Causation theories and causation rules / Marta Infantino -- A comparative-law sketch of pure economic loss / Vernon Valentine Palmer -- Tort damages for non-economic losses : personal injury / Stephen D. Sugarman -- Tort damages for non-economic losses : methodological approaches for comparative analysis served by new technologies / Denise Amram and Giovanni Comandé -- Basics of Russian tort law / Alexander Yagelnitskiy -- Tort law in Japan / Emi Matsumoto -- Chinese tort law : tradition, transplants and some difficulties / Hao Jiang -- Tort law in India / Manjeri Subin Sunder Raj, Ujal Kumar Mookherjee and Aman Deep Borthakur -- The customary law of tort in sub-Saharan Africa / Dominic Npoanlari Dagbanja -- Islamic tort law / Abdul Basir bin Mohamad -- Tort law in Hispanic America / Marco de Morpurgo and Daniel Peñailillo Arévalo -- Tort law in Brazil / Umberto Celli Jr.
Summary:
"This revised second edition of Comparative Tort Law offers an updated and enriched framework for analysing and understanding the current state of tort law around the world. Using a critical comparative methodology, it examines common issues such as causation, economic and non-economic damages, product and professional liability, and the relationship between tort law and crime, insurance and public welfare schemes. Featuring contributions from international experts, this book also provides a comprehensive comparative assessment of tort law cultures, contextualising them within the legal systems and societies that sustain them. Chapters cover many jurisdictions often overlooked in the mainstream literature, and explore illuminating case studies from tort systems in Europe, the US, Latin America, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, including new chapters specifically discussing tort law in Brazil, India and Russia. Comparative Tort Law is a critical tool for students, scholars and academic researchers, especially those specialising in tort and comparative law. It will also be useful to policymakers, practitioners and judges, in particular those dealing with differing tort law systems"-- Provided by publisher.
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