Research Handbook on EU Tort Law

Edited by Paula Giliker, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Bristol, UK

• Contents:Preface1. What do we mean by ‘EU tort law’?Paula Giliker2. The non-contractual liability of the European Union: Principle, practice and promiseKathleen GutmanPart I: The interface of EU and national law3. Compensatory remedies in EU law: The relationship between EU law and national lawDorota Leczykiewicz4. Francovich liability before national courts: 25 years on, has anything changed?Marie-Pierre F. Granger5. Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products: In the name of harmonisation, the internal market and consumer protectionFidelma White6. The interface of EU and national tort law: Competition lawOkeoghene Odudu and Albert Sanchez-Graells7. Data protection lawMarc Stauch8. Employment lawJule Mulder9. A compulsory diet of chickens and eggs: The EU Motor insurance directives as a shadow tort regimeJames Davey10. Financial services and regulationKeith Stanton11. Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: Remedying economic torts?Christine Riefa and Séverine SaintierPart II: A culture of EU tort law?12. A ‘European’ tort law? Comparative thoughts on an ‘essentially contested’ private law institutionLeone Niglia13. European tort law in Western EuropeJonas KnetschPart III: Harmonising European tort law 14. The Principles of European Tort Law (PETL) at the beginning of a second decadeMiquel Martín-Casals 15. The tort provisions of the Study Group on a European Civil Code and their usesJohn Blackie16. The harmonisation of EU tort law: A law and economics analysisMichael FaurePart IV: Conclusion17. The future of EU tort lawPaula GilikerIndex

‘This Handbook provides both up-to-date knowledge for the practitioner dealing with EU tort law as well as food for thought for academics working on comparative tort law and EU private law. Doubtless, it will fulfil its stated “call to arms” of promoting critical examination of this (newly identified) field of law.’