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Pure economic loss in Europe / edited by Mauro Bussani and Vernon Valentine Palmer.

Contributor(s): Series: Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 28. | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996). Common core of European law project.Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: xlviii, 589 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521824648 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.03094 PUR
Contents:
General editors' preface. - Preface. - List of contributors. - Table of legislation. - Relevant statutory and codified provisions. - List of abbreviations. - Part I. Situating the Frontier: 1. The notion of pure economic loss and its setting / M. Bussani and V. V. Palmer. - 2. The rule against recovery in negligence for pure economic loss: an historical accident? / J. Gordley. - 3A. Pure economic loss: an economic analysis / J. G. Backhaus. - 3B. Liability for pure financial loss: revisiting the economic foundations of a legal doctrine / Francesco Parisi. - 4. American tort law and the (supposed) economic loss rule / G. T. Schwartz. - 5. The liability regimes of Europe: their facades and interiors / Mauro Bussani and Veron Valentine Palmer. - Part II. The Comparative Evidence: Case Studies and Editors' Comments: 6. Preliminary remarks on methodology / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - 7. The case studies. - Part III. Much Ado About Something. - 8. Summary and survey of the cases and results / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - 9. General conclusions of the study / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - 10. The recoverability of pure economic loss in the perspective of a European codification / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - Bibliography. - Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-575) and index.

General editors' preface. - Preface. - List of contributors. - Table of legislation. - Relevant statutory and codified provisions. - List of abbreviations. - Part I. Situating the Frontier: 1. The notion of pure economic loss and its setting / M. Bussani and V. V. Palmer. - 2. The rule against recovery in negligence for pure economic loss: an historical accident? / J. Gordley. - 3A. Pure economic loss: an economic analysis / J. G. Backhaus. - 3B. Liability for pure financial loss: revisiting the economic foundations of a legal doctrine / Francesco Parisi. - 4. American tort law and the (supposed) economic loss rule / G. T. Schwartz. - 5. The liability regimes of Europe: their facades and interiors / Mauro Bussani and Veron Valentine Palmer. - Part II. The Comparative Evidence: Case Studies and Editors' Comments: 6. Preliminary remarks on methodology / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - 7. The case studies. - Part III. Much Ado About Something. - 8. Summary and survey of the cases and results / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - 9. General conclusions of the study / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - 10. The recoverability of pure economic loss in the perspective of a European codification / Mauro Busani and Vernon Valentine Palmer. - Bibliography. - Index.