Vernon Valentine Palmer is the Thomas Pickles Professor of Law and the Director of the Eason-Weinmann Center of Comparative Law at Tulane University, USA. Mauro Bussani is Full Professor of Private and Comparative Law at the University of Trieste, Italy, and Regular Visiting Professor at the University of Macau Law School, S.A.R. of the People’s Republic of China.

• Preface Part 1 1. Introduction 2. The Liability Systems - A functional Ordering Part 2: The National Contributions 1. Japan 2. Croatia 3. Quebec 4. United States 5. Canada 6. Israel 7. South Africa 8. Poland 9. Denmark Part 3 1. Surveying the Results 2. General Conclusions

Vernon Valentine Palmer is the Thomas Pickles Professor of Law and the Director of the Eason-Weinmann Center of Comparative Law at Tulane University, USA. Mauro Bussani is Full Professor of Private and Comparative Law at the University of Trieste, Italy, and Regular Visiting Professor at the University of Macau Law School, S.A.R. of the People’s Republic of China.

• Preface Part 1 1. Introduction 2. The Liability Systems - A functional Ordering Part 2: The National Contributions 1. Japan 2. Croatia 3. Quebec 4. United States 5. Canada 6. Israel 7. South Africa 8. Poland 9. Denmark Part 3 1. Surveying the Results 2. General Conclusions

Vernon Valentine Palmer is the Thomas Pickles Professor of Law and the Director of the Eason-Weinmann Center of Comparative Law at Tulane University, USA. Mauro Bussani is Full Professor of Private and Comparative Law at the University of Trieste, Italy, and Regular Visiting Professor at the University of Macau Law School, S.A.R. of the People’s Republic of China.

• Preface Part 1 1. Introduction 2. The Liability Systems - A functional Ordering Part 2: The National Contributions 1. Japan 2. Croatia 3. Quebec 4. United States 5. Canada 6. Israel 7. South Africa 8. Poland 9. Denmark Part 3 1. Surveying the Results 2. General Conclusions