Tort Law in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

Published by De Gruyter 2012

Tort Law in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

Edited by: Attila Fenyves , Ernst Karner , Helmut Koziol and Elisabeth Steiner

Volume 30 in the series Tort and Insurance Law

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110260007

Overview
Contents

About this book

The goal of this study is to provide a general overview and thorough analysis of how the European Court of Human Rights deals with tort law issues such as damage, causation, wrongfulness and fault, the protective purpose of rules, remedies and the reduction of damages when applying art 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

These issues have been examined on the basis of a comprehensive selection and detailed analysis of the Court’s judgments and the results compared with different European legal systems (Austria, Belgium, England and Wales, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey), EC Tort Law and the Principles of European Tort Law.

The introduction of art 41 (ex art 50) ECHR in 1950 as a compromise and the issues it raises now, the methodological approaches to the tort law of the ECHR, the perspectives of human rights and tort law and public international law as well as the question of whether the reparation awarded to victims of ECHR violations can be considered real ‘just’ satisfaction are addressed in five special reports (two of which are also available in German). Concluding remarks try to summarise the outcome.

Analyse einzelner Gerichtsentscheidungen
Vergleich zwischen nationalen Rechtssystemen und dem Europäischen Schadensersatzrecht
drei spezielle Berichte

Author information

Attila Fenyves, Professor of Civil Law, University of Vienna; Ernst Karner, Professor of Civil Law, University of Vienna; Helmut Koziol, Managing Directorof theEuropean Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, Vienna; Elisabeth Steiner, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Reviews

"Das Buch behandelt in einer umfassenden Form verschiedenste Fragen rund um Entschädigungen im Rahmen von Art. 41 EMRK und bietet eine fundierte Abhandlung dazu. Die zu jedem Kapitel des zweiten Teils des Buches erfolgenden rechtsvergleichenden Ausführungen ermöglichen es daneben, das System der EMRK mit anderen nationalen und europäischen Entschädigungsregelungen zu vergleichen."
Stefan Kieber in: NLMR 6/2011

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Introduction
Just Satisfaction under Art 41 ECHR: A Compromise in 1950 – Problematic Now Elisabeth Steiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Fundamental Issues
Methodological Approaches to the Tort Law of the ECHR Franz Bydlinski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Methodologische Ansätze zum Schadenersatzrecht der EMRK Franz Bydlinski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Human Rights and Tort Law Walter Berka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Menschenrechte und Schadenersatzrecht Walter Berka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
‘Just Satisfaction’ in Art 41 ECHR and Public International Law – Issues of Interpretation and Review of International Materials Wolfram Karl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Can the Reparation Awarded to Victims of Violations under the ECHR be Considered a Real ‘Just’ Satisfaction? Michel de Salvia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
Special Topics
Damage Ken Oliphant and Katarzyna Ludwichowska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	397
Causation Markus Kellner and Isabelle C. Durant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449
Wrongfulness and Fault Barbara C. Steininger and Nora Wallner-Friedl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	501
Protective Purpose of the Rule Jörg Fedtke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	539
No-Fault or Strict Liability Dagmar Hinghofer-Szalkay and Bernhard A. Koch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	567
Compensation for Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Loss Christa Kissling and Denis Kelliher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	579
Punitive and Nominal Damages Vanessa Wilcox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	725
Satisfaction by Finding a Violation Mónika Józon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	741
Contributory Negligence Vanessa Wilcox and Olaf Riss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	771
Reduction of Damages Thomas Thiede and Erdem Büyüksagis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	803
Concluding Remarks
Concluding Remarks Regarding the Methods of Interpreting Art 41 ECHR Helmut Koziol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	825
Concluding Remarks on Damage Ernst Karner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	829
Concluding Remarks on Causation Ernst Karner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	835
Concluding Remarks on Wrongfulness and Fault Attila Fenyves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	843
Concluding Remarks on the Protective Purpose of the Rule Ernst Karner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	851
Concluding Remarks on No-Fault or Strict Liability Ernst Karner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	857
Concluding Remarks on Compensatory and Non-Compensatory Remedies Helmut Koziol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	863
Concluding Remarks on Contributory Negligence and Reduction Clause Attila Fenyves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	877
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	885
Publications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	899

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Courts, Institutes, Lawyers, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 24
- Main content: 906
Keywords: Tort Law

eBook

Published: November 30, 2011
ISBN: 9783110260007

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110259667