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This book examines the law of product liability from a comparative perspective. With the European Directive on Product Liability enacted over 20 years ago, this publication analyses the state of product liability in a number of key jurisdictions including both Western European countries and New Member States. Account is also taken of developments further afield, including the United States and Japan. Distinguished contributors, including a high court judge, European Commission official, leading litigators and academics, provide individual country reports and a number of integrated comparative studies. The book is designed for practical use by legal practitioners, academics, students and others interested in the area of contract, tort, civil procedure and multi-party litigation. In particular, practitioners will find the country reports an essential reference point.
This is the first volume of The Max Planck Handbooks of European Public Law. Volume I: The Administrative State frames the administrative regimes of Europe in a comparative perspective, analysing the evolution of state and administration of major European jurisdictions, and examining issues that cut across national boundaries.
The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law series describes and analyses the public law of the European legal space, an area that encompasses not only the law of the European Union but also the European Convention on Human Rights and, importantly, the domestic public laws of European states. Recognizing that the ongoing vertical and horizontal processes of European integration make legal comparison the task of our time for both scholars and practitioners, it aims to foster the development of a specifically European legal pluralism and to contribute to the legitimacy and efficiency of European public law. The first volume of the series begins this enterprise with an appraisal of the evol...
A responsabilidade por danos ambientais vem, gradativamente, ganhando novos contornos e se diferenciando dos demais sistemas de responsabilização. E, nessa evolução, o grande passo consistiu na eliminação do elemento subjetivo, com a consagração legal e jurisprudencial da responsabilidade objetiva. Contudo, a retirada do principal obstáculo para sancionar o poluidor provocou e jogou luzes sobre outros entraves, como a vinculação do agente ao dano, ou seja, a causalidade. E, na sociedade contemporânea, em que há concorrência de fatores para danos ambientais, a multicausalidade se colocou como um dos grandes desafios para o equacionamento das lides contemporâneas. O tema que se ...
Hace ya algunos a¤os en el seno del Departamento de Derecho civil de la Universidad de Alicante, entre distintas iniciativas tendentes a la potenciaci¢n del Derecho de da¤os, se decidi¢ acometer, cada cierto tiempo y sirvi‚ndose de acreditados especialistas, la organizaci¢n de unas jornadas nacionales sobre dicha disciplina, con el deseo a¤adido, en aras de la consecuci¢n de un mayor alcance, de que pudieran conocer ulteriormente la luz p£blica. Se pretend¡a con ello traer a colaci¢n, peri¢dicamente, aquellos aspectos de la responsabilidad civil que pudieran suscitar mayor inter‚s, sea por su novedad, repercusi¢n pr ctica, complejidad o por motivos de otra ¡ndole. Partiendo ...
Environmental justice and social justice are well established concepts in social research. This book goes beyond the established discourse to show how Geographic Information Systems can unveil higher levels of spatial unfairness when both forms of injustice coincide in the same place. Territorial injustice is the result of the disproportionately higher exposure of vulnerable communities to pollution and environmental risks. Overlapping layers of georeferenced environmental and social information generate maps depicting territorial injustice which can be a powerful tool to facilitate social dialogue and prompt policy change. This volume brings approaches from ten Latin American countries to demonstrate how the interdisciplinarity between law and Geographic Information Systems can contribute to the development of fairer public policies, and prevent and mitigate cases of extreme injustice. The case studies presented are relevant to support the development of geolaw, and to inspire pragmatic strategies aimed both at social justice and environmental sustainability.
La idea central del libro es la de articular la existencia de la obligación positiva a cargo del Estado de protección del ambiente y su responsabilidad por los daños ecológicos y ambientales que se causen, bien sea por su propia actividad, por inactividad, o por su insuficiente (ineficiente) cumplimiento de las misiones inherentes al deber de protección. Puede parecer una formulación simplista de la cuestión, pero resulta que la propuesta que se hace en la doctrina pretende, o bien confundir la responsabilidad con el régimen sancionatorio, o con las herramientas fiscales. Se trata de retomar una tesis que ya existe, que ya ha sido planteada por el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos con fundamento y la vulneración debida a la contaminación o afectación del ambiente.
La declaración de invalidez de actos administrativos (fundamentalmente,licencias de toda clase), de contratos públicos (en particular, aquellos vinculados con la gestión de servicios públicos) y de reglamentos (en especial, de toda clase de planes territoriales y urbanísticos) comporta unas consecuencias para la actuación de las Administraciones públicas que, de ordinario, determinan una gran distancia entre sus efectos jurídico-formales, bien establecidos y acotados, y la realidad de la búsqueda de vías para demorar, minorar o incluso evitar aquellos efectos, en muchas ocasiones porque su impacto trasciende con creces el alcance legal de la invalidez. Ese es el caso de la nulidad ...