Unification of Tort Law
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Unification of Tort Law: Contributory Negligence
By Ulrich Magnus, W. H. van BoomContributory Negligence under Belgian Law Herman Cousy and Dimitri Droshout Part I – General questions 1. Contributory negligence as an element of tort law [1] The concept of contributory negligence is well known in Belgian tort law.1 ...
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Unification of Tort Law: Wrongfulness
By Francesco Donato BusnelliWrongfulness in Belgian Tort Law Herman A. Cousy I. The legal basis of the Belgian law of tort is (still) to be found in Articles 1 382 and 1383 of the (Napoleonic) Code Civil (hereafter called Civil Code), establishing the general ...
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Unification of Tort Law: Fault
By W. H. van BoomRole of fault – Relationship between fault-based liability and other forms of liability – Aims of the fault requirement [1] The core provisions of Belgian tort law have always been found and are still to be found in the up till now ...
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Unification of Tort Law: Liability for Damage Caused by Others
By Francesco Donato BusnelliHowever, already around the turn of the twentieth century, the Belgian Cour de cassation held that the paragraph imposed a specific strict liability upon the owners of defective goods, in an effort to cope with the influence of the ...
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Unification of Tort Law: Multiple Tortfeasors
By W. V. H. Rogers, W. H. van BoomCovers various European countries, Israel, South Africa, and the United States.