Tort Law and Economics

Edited by Michael Faure, Professor, Maastricht University and Erasmus School of Law, the Netherlands and Chairman of the Flemish High Council of Environmental Enforcement (VHRM), Brussels, Belgium

'The central goal of this book is to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the literature with respect to the economic analysis of tort law. It sure meets the challenge, offering with great expertise a comprehensive presentation of tort law in both economic and comparative perspectives. The clarity of the text, unusual in the law and economics literature, makes the book accessible to a broad readership of economists with a limited legal background and lawyers with limited economic skills.'

• Contents:General IntroductionPART I: EFFICIENT LIABILITY RULES1. Strict Liability versus NegligenceHans-Bernd Schäfer and Frank Müller-Langer2. Contributory and Comparative Negligence in the Law and Economics LiteratureMireia Artigot i Golobardes and Fernando Gómez PomarPART II: CAUSATION AND MULTIPLE TORTFEASORS3. Causation and ForeseeabilityOmri Ben-Shahar4. Joint and Several LiabilityLewis A. Kornhauser and Richard L. Revesz5. Vicarious and Corporate Civil LiabilityReinier H. KraakmanPART III: DAMAGES6. Tort DamagesLouis T. Visscher7. Pure Economic LossJef De Mot8. Non Pecuniary LossesSiewert D. Lindenbergh and Peter P.M. van Kippersluis9. Punitive DamagesA. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven ShavellPART IV: SPECIFIC CASES10. Environmental LiabilityMichael Faure 11. Products LiabilityMark A. Geistfeld 12. Medical MalpracticeSteve BoccaraPART V: ALTERNATIVE COMPENSATION SYSTEMS13. Tort Law and Liability InsuranceGerhard Wagner14. No-Fault Compensation SystemsKarine FiorePART VI: OTHER PERSPECTIVES ON TORT LAW15. Harmonizing Tort Law: A Comparative Tort Law and Economics Analysis Willem H. van BoomPART VII: EMPIRICS16. Empirics of TortBen C.J. van VelthovenIndex