Benedict Winiger – författare

The increasing Europeanisation of the law of delict/torts has produced textbooks, casebooks, monographs, and also sets of model rules of a genuinely European character. A major gap still existing today relates to the experiences gathered in the national legal systems over the past decades. The present work attempts to fill this gap for one key element of tort law: the notion of damage. It thus does what the previous volume in the ‘Digest of European Tort Law’ series did for another key element, ie natural causation. Once again, the publication contains a selection of the most important cases decided in26 states across Europe as well as by the European Court of Justice. For each case the facts and the relevant court decision are presented, and the decision is analysed within the wider context of the development of the respective legal system. In addition, the editors provide comparative analyses of the case law reported in this volume concerning all the specific problems raised under the heading of damage. The publication also looks into how key cases would be resolved under the European model rules drafted in the field of tort law; and it also highlights cases from earlier periods of legal history.The editors believe that the material gathered here may provide guidance for an organic convergence of the national legal systems in Europe. It constitutes the basis of an acquis commun that is infinitely richer (though also much more complex) than the rather bland and abstract concepts contained in national codifications, European legislation, and the modern model rules.

The increasing Europeanisation of the law of delict/torts has produced textbooks, casebooks, monographs, and also sets of model rules of a genuinely European character. A major gap still existing today relates to the experiences gathered in the national legal systems over the past decades. The present work attempts to fill this gap for one key element of tort law: the notion of damage. It thus does what the previous volume in the ‘Digest of European Tort Law’ series did for another key element, ie natural causation. Once again, the publication contains a selection of the most important cases decided in26 states across Europe as well as by the European Court of Justice. For each case the facts and the relevant court decision are presented, and the decision is analysed within the wider context of the development of the respective legal system. In addition, the editors provide comparative analyses of the case law reported in this volume concerning all the specific problems raised under the heading of damage. The publication also looks into how key cases would be resolved under the European model rules drafted in the field of tort law; and it also highlights cases from earlier periods of legal history.The editors believe that the material gathered here may provide guidance for an organic convergence of the national legal systems in Europe. It constitutes the basis of an acquis commun that is infinitely richer (though also much more complex) than the rather bland and abstract concepts contained in national codifications, European legislation, and the modern model rules.

The various national European legal systems offer a broad range of responses to the question of what can be regarded as wrongful behaviour or fault. The present work systematically examines these two important prerequisites for tortious liability under the combined heading of ‘misconduct’. Unlike current textbooks, national casebooks and monographs, it builds on the experiences gathered in the national legal systems over the past decades and thereby fills a major gap which still exists today. It thus does what the previous volumes in the ‘Digest of European Tort Law’ series did for other key elements of tort law, namely natural causation and damage. Once again, the publication contains a selection of the most important cases from 28 states across Europe as well as cases handed down by European Union courts; it also highlights cases from earlier periods of legal history. For each case, the facts and the relevant court decision are presented and these are then accompanied by an analytical commentary. In addition, the editors provide comparative analyses of the cases reported and a special report is dedicated to how key decisions would be resolved under model European rules on tort law. The editors believe that the material gathered here may provide guidance for an organic convergence of the national legal systems in Europe. It constitutes the basis of an acquis commun that is infinitely richer (though also much more complex) than the rather bland and abstract concepts contained in national codifications, European legislation and modern model rules.

The various national European legal systems offer a broad range of responses to the question of what can be regarded as wrongful behaviour or fault. The present work systematically examines these two important prerequisites for tortious liability under the combined heading of ‘misconduct’. Unlike current textbooks, national casebooks and monographs, it builds on the experiences gathered in the national legal systems over the past decades and thereby fills a major gap which still exists today. It thus does what the previous volumes in the ‘Digest of European Tort Law’ series did for other key elements of tort law, namely natural causation and damage. Once again, the publication contains a selection of the most important cases from 28 states across Europe as well as cases handed down by European Union courts; it also highlights cases from earlier periods of legal history. For each case, the facts and the relevant court decision are presented and these are then accompanied by an analytical commentary. In addition, the editors provide comparative analyses of the cases reported and a special report is dedicated to how key decisions would be resolved under model European rules on tort law.

The editors believe that the material gathered here may provide guidance for an organic convergence of the national legal systems in Europe. It constitutes the basis of an acquis commun that is infinitely richer (though also much more complex) than the rather bland and abstract concepts contained in national codifications, European legislation and modern model rules.

Am Anfang und am Ende des Lebens stehen zahlreiche Fragen, die in den Grenzbereichen zwischen Recht, Philosophie und Theologie zu kontroversen Diskussionen fuhren. Nicht nur diese Disziplinen, sondern auch die (medizinische) Praxis sieht sich hier regelmaig mit Problemen konfrontiert. Einen Uberblick uber den aktuellen Forschungsstand bieten die Referate der Tagung "e;Ethik und Recht in der Bioethik"e; an der Universitat Luzern: Sie beleuchten Themen von der Praimplantationsdiagnostik uber die Reproduktionsmedizin und die Forschung am Menschen bis hin zum Hirntod und zur Organtransplantation, zu Sterbehilfe und Patientenverfugungen. Die Aufsatze erschlieen dabei den aktuellen Forschungsstand, hinterfragen bestehende Annahmen und entwickeln neue Ansatze. De nos jours, l'on se pose de nombreuses questions en correlation avec le debut et la fin de la vie humaine. Ces questions fondamentales situent (souvent) le debat theorique aux frontieres de plusieurs disciplines dont le droit, la philosophie et la theologie. Mais aussi la pratique notamment medicale est directement concernee. Le colloque Ethique et droit dans la bioethique qui s'est deroule a l'Universite de Lucerne donne un apercu actuel de la recherche: Les orateurs ont abordes des themes tels que le diagnostique genetique preimplantatoire en lien avec la medecine de reproduction, la recherche sur l'homme dans sa periode de fin de vie, ainsi que la mort cerebrale et l'euthanasie, la transplantation d'organes ou encore les directives anticipees. Les contributions reprennent non seulement les conclusions de l'etat actuel de la recherche mais posent aussi un il critique sur les developpements et perspectives a venir.

Die Grenzen des Eigentums sind so alt wie das Recht selbst. Von Platon uber John Locke sind die Uberlegungen zu diesem Thema in der Philosophie nie abgerissen - durch vielfaltige Entwicklungen der modernen Gesellschaften erfahren sie nun eine neue Aktualitat. Die Beitrager dieses Bandes befassen sich sowohl mit der historischen Entwicklung des philosophischen Diskurses seit der Antike als auch mit zeitgenossischen Fragen rund um die Grenzen des Eigentums. Fragestellungen im Zusammenhang mit dem Internet wo einzelne Autoren oder Gruppen freien Zugang zu Texten oder Musik gewahren, ohne jedoch notwendigerweise auf ihre Autorenrechte zu verzichten werden ebenso diskutiert wie das Verhaltnis von Eigentum und Steuerrecht. Stellt der fiskalische Zugriff des Staates auf das Privateigentum einen schwerwiegenden Eingriff in die freie Verfugungsgewalt des Eigentumers dar? Welche Auswirkungen hat eine extensive Entwicklung der Menschenrechte auf das Eigentumsrecht und inwieweit schranken sie die Freiheit des Eigentumers ein?