Preface Acknowledgements Translations List of abbreviations PART A Introduction Chapter 1 Tort law in the 21st century ¿ the purpose of this book Chapter 2 A case-oriented and multilateral approach to the teaching, studying, and learning of comparative law: the approach used in this book Chapter 3 Is it legitimate and beneficial for judges to compare? Chapter 4 The Principles of European Tort Law ¿ a brief introduction and analysis PART B Case studies Chapter 5 Conditions and limits of extra-contractual liability ¿ cable cases Chapter 6 Fault-based liability and the required standard of care: the case of damage caused by minors Chapter 7 Fault-based liability in action: challenges of establishing fault (and alternative regimes) ¿ the example of sports accidents Chapter 8 Liability without fault ¿ a ruptured water main: casum sentit dominus ? Chapter 9 Most common cases: traffic accidents Chapter 10 Liability in cases of uncertain causation ¿ "all or nothing" or partial compensation in relation to the probability of causation? Chapter 11 Damage suffered by secondary victims: the case of psychiatric injury, "nervous shock", or "post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" following the loss or severe injury of a loved one Chapter 12 Damage suffered by secondary victims: damages for pure emotional harm following the loss or severe injury of a loved one Chapter 13 Liability for others ¿ the case of liability of parents for damage caused by their children Chapter 14 Pure economic loss: the case of liability for wrongful information and advice Chapter 15 Protection of privacy and the purposes of tort law Chapter 16 Damage to public goods: the case of damage to the environment, pure ecological damage in particular Chapter 17 Comparative tort litigation ¿ an introduction, with a focus on the costs of lawsuits Chapter 18 Cross-border torts: coordinating legal diversity through Private International Law ¿ an introduction Chapter 19 Epilogue: tort law in context ¿ and potential alternatives to tort liability Table of codal and statutory provisions Index.