Product Liability in Comparative Perspective [Hardcover]

The different approach of the courts to product liability in a variety of different countries is examined.This book examines the law in respect of financial redress for those injured by defective consumer items, known as product liability. The different approach of the courts in a variety of different countries is examined, including Western Europe, Accession Countries, North America and Japan. Contributions are made by distinguished commentators, including a high court judge, European Commission official, leading litigators and academics.This book examines the law in respect of financial redress for those injured by defective consumer items, known as product liability. The different approach of the courts in a variety of different countries is examined, including Western Europe, Accession Countries, North America and Japan. Contributions are made by distinguished commentators, including a high court judge, European Commission official, leading litigators and academics.This book examines the law in respect of financial redress for those injured by defective consumer items, known as product liability. The different approach of the courts in a variety of different countries is examined, including Western Europe, Accession Countries, North America and Japan. Contributions are made by distinguished commentators, including a high court judge, European Commission official, leading litigators and academics.Foreword Sir Michael Burton; 1. Introduction Duncan Fairgrieve and Luis Gonzalez Vaque; Part I. Country Reports: 2. The use of comparative law Michael Brooke, Ian Forrester, Nicholas Underhill and Sir Michael Burton; 3. Spanish product liability today - adapting to the 'new' rules Miquel Martin-Casals; 4. Interaction between the European directive on product liability and the former liability regime in Italy Eleonora Rajneri; 5. L'Exception Francaise? The French law of product liability Duncan Fairgrieve; 6. German product liability law Stefan Lenze; 7. Dutch case law onló>