The Development of Liability in Relation to Technological Change
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1107475805
ISBN-13
9781107475809
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 31st, 2014
Print length
302 Pages
Weight
410 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Comparative lawLegal historyLaw of torts, damages and compensationTorts / Delicts
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Damage resulting from sparks from trains, exploding boilers and asbestos fibres illustrate how technological changes pose problems for established rules of law. This book examines how far tort law in different countries has been able to respond to such problems and the extent of its role in the law's response.
Technological developments posed a challenge to the established law, especially tort law, at approximately the same time across Europe. This book focuses on the similarity and diversity of responses to such developments in different jurisdictions. Three examples have been studied in depth: the escape of sparks from steam engines in the middle of the nineteenth century; exploding boilers in the latter part of the nineteenth century; and asbestos-related industrial disease in the middle and late twentieth century. The book shows how the rules of tort law were used and adapted and demonstrates how other systems of regulation and compensation were introduced to prevent injuries or to provide compensation to victims outside tort law. The relatively marginal role of tort law in these areas reveals much about legal development in general.
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