How far can tort liability expand without imposing excessive burdens upon individual activity? This comprehensive 2003 study of pure economic loss in Europe uses a fact-based comparative method and research into the laws of thirteen European countries. Includes a historical and analytical introduction to economic loss.

This volume examines legal matters regarding the prevention and fighting of historical pollution caused by industrial emissions. "Historical pollution" refers to the long-term or delayed onset effects of environmental crimes such as groundwater or soil pollution. Historical Pollution presents and compares national legal approaches, including the most interesting and effective mechanisms for managing environmental problems in relation with historical pollution. It features interdisciplinary and international comparisons of traditional and alternative justice mechanisms. This book will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice and related areas, such as politics, law, and economics, those in the public and private sectors dealing with environmental protection, including international institutions, corporations, specialized national agencies, those involved in the criminal justice system, and policymakers.

In this exciting book Michel Maffesoli argues that the conventional approaches to understanding solidarity and society are deeply flawed. He contends that mass culture has disintegrated and that today social existence is conducted through fragmented tribal groupings, organized around the catchwords, brand-names and sound-bites of consumer culture. The book provides a rich backcloth against which to consider the rise of `identity politics' and the `proliferation of lifestyle cultures'.

La obra, como su nombre lo indica, desarrolla un estudio sobre la teoría de la imputación objetiva y la influencia de la responsabilidad de la víctima en la tipicidad de la conducta del autor, temas poco explorados aún en los países con larga tradición en discusiones teóricas. Las distintas ópticas de estos tres autores permiten reconocer, sin embargo, un patrón común: el estudio crítico de las tesis de Jakobs, que han interesado a la dogmática penal durante los últimos veinte años.Los trabajos conciernen, en suma, a una cuestión que ha interesado a la dogmática penal de los últimos veinte años, probablemente, como ninguna otra, pero, conforme a la tradición cultural que nos caracteriza, el tratamiento de esa cuestión en la Argentina ha sido tardío, solitario y parcializado.

This volume of the "Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights" covers the year 1989, and contains all the documents and information (in English and Spanish) concerning the activities of the Organization of American States in the field of the promotion and protection of human rights. Like its predecessors, this "Yearbook" aims to contribute to a greater awareness of the functions and activities of the organs of the Inter-American system for the protection of Human Rights.