European Tort Law 2005

The European Tort Law Yearbook provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in tort law in Europe. It contains reports on the developments in most EU Member States, including the new Member States the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latv

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Tort and Insurance Law Yearbook European Tort Law 2005 Edited by the

European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law together with the

Research Unit for European Tort Law of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Helmut Koziol Barbara C. Steininger (eds.) European Tort Law 2005 With Contributions by Håkan Andersson Irene Kull Bjarte Askeland Rok Lampe . Ewa Bagi´nska Milda Lauc`´iene Elena Bargelli Peter Loser Søren Bergenser Attila Menyhárd Agris Bita-ns Olivier Moréteau Willem H. van Boom Ken Oliphant Matthias Cornils André G. Dias Pereira Eugenia Dacoronia Andrea Pinna Anton Dulak Eoin Quill Isabelle C. Durant Robert Rebhahn Michael Faure Jordi Ribot Jörg Fedtke Albert Ruda Herkus Gabartas Alessandro P. Scarso Michael D. Green Barbara C. Steininger Suvianna Hakalehto-Wainio Christian Takoff Ton Hartlief Vibe Ulfbeck Jir`´í Hrádek Gerhard Wagner Bernhard A. Koch

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Preface A harmonisation of European law presupposes sound mutual knowledge of the jurisdictions involved in the harmonisation process. However, partly due to language problems it is not always easy to obtain information about all these jurisdictions, especially as far as new developments are concerned. Against this background, the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law and the Research Unit for European Tort Law decided to publish a Yearbook on European Tort Law containing reports on the most interesting new