The Ideal Tort Law and the PETL – Dreams of a Legal Escapist
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Pierre Widmer
Abstract
This paper presents a critical appraisal of the criteria in the Principles of European Tort Law (PETL) for imputing liability to one person for damage suffered by another and a plea for a simplified system with a more extensive area of strict liability than is to be found in the current Principles.
Note
The following contribution was prepared for a conference organised by Jaap Spier in November 2019 in honour of Helmut Koziol, Ulrich Magnus and Pierre Widmer. The author sent us this manuscript in the form of a lecture manuscript without chapter headings; the headings were added by the guest editors. He authorised us to publish his text in the JETL before he passed away in 2022. The text has not been previously published.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Strict Liability in the Principles of European Tort Law: The Black Hole and Central Building Site
- The Principles of European Tort Law and Product Liability
- Contractual Limitations of Liability and their Impact on Tort Claims
- The PETL and Corporate Liability for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Duties and Remedies
- Some Reflections on the PETL and Proposals for their Revision
- The Ideal Tort Law and the PETL – Dreams of a Legal Escapist
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Strict Liability in the Principles of European Tort Law: The Black Hole and Central Building Site
- The Principles of European Tort Law and Product Liability
- Contractual Limitations of Liability and their Impact on Tort Claims
- The PETL and Corporate Liability for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Duties and Remedies
- Some Reflections on the PETL and Proposals for their Revision
- The Ideal Tort Law and the PETL – Dreams of a Legal Escapist
