Opting for Tort
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Simon Whittaker
Abstract
In this paper the author considers the possibility and the significance of a power in contracting parties to choose the rules to govern their tort liabilities. To do so, he discusses first the ambit of the explicit provision to this effect in the Rome II Regulation article 14. Secondly, he considers how the agreement of the parties to apply the proposed Common European Sales Law could allow them to agree to rules governing their pre-contractual (and therefore non-contractual) liabilities. And, thirdly, he considers the approach of the Common European Sales Law to the question whether the agreement of the contracting parties may affect liability to and in third parties.
Note
This article is the revised text of the Opening Lecture given at the 14th Annual Conference on European Tort Law on 9th April 2015.
© 2015 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
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- Opting for Tort
- Do Administrative Courts Favour the Government? Evidence from Medical Malpractice in Spain
- Diffusing Law Softly: Insights into the European Travels of Italian Tort Law
- Should Physicians be Afraid of Tort Claims? Reviewing the Empirical Evidence
- Revocation of Fishing Quotas, ‘Positive Discrimination’, and Loss of a Chance – A Comment on ECJ, Giordano v Commission 20 March 2014
- On the Transformation of Economic Analysis of Tort Law
- Book Reviews
- Philippe Pierre and Fabrice Leduc (eds), La réparation intégrale en Europe. Études comparatives des droits nationaux (Éditions Larcier, Bruxelles 2012) 505pp. ISBN 978-2-9600997-3-7. € 104 (paperback).
- Israel Gilead/Michael D Green/Bernhard A Koch (eds), Proportional Liability: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives (de Gruyter, 2013), Tort and Insurance Law Series, vol 33, 376 pp. ISBN 978-3-11-028258-0. € 109.95 (hardcover).
- Eva Ondreasova, Die Gehilfenhaftung – Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung zum österreichischen Recht mit Vorschlägen zur Reform [Liability for auxiliaries – A Comparative Law Study on Austrian Law with Proposals for Reform] (Manz Vienna, 2013). XXXVI + 258 pp. ISBN 978-3-214-00763-8. € 54 (paperback).
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Opting for Tort
- Do Administrative Courts Favour the Government? Evidence from Medical Malpractice in Spain
- Diffusing Law Softly: Insights into the European Travels of Italian Tort Law
- Should Physicians be Afraid of Tort Claims? Reviewing the Empirical Evidence
- Revocation of Fishing Quotas, ‘Positive Discrimination’, and Loss of a Chance – A Comment on ECJ, Giordano v Commission 20 March 2014
- On the Transformation of Economic Analysis of Tort Law
- Book Reviews
- Philippe Pierre and Fabrice Leduc (eds), La réparation intégrale en Europe. Études comparatives des droits nationaux (Éditions Larcier, Bruxelles 2012) 505pp. ISBN 978-2-9600997-3-7. € 104 (paperback).
- Israel Gilead/Michael D Green/Bernhard A Koch (eds), Proportional Liability: Analytical and Comparative Perspectives (de Gruyter, 2013), Tort and Insurance Law Series, vol 33, 376 pp. ISBN 978-3-11-028258-0. € 109.95 (hardcover).
- Eva Ondreasova, Die Gehilfenhaftung – Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung zum österreichischen Recht mit Vorschlägen zur Reform [Liability for auxiliaries – A Comparative Law Study on Austrian Law with Proposals for Reform] (Manz Vienna, 2013). XXXVI + 258 pp. ISBN 978-3-214-00763-8. € 54 (paperback).
