Dieser englischsprachige Leitfaden erläutert Fragen der Produkthaftung und Produktsicherheit auf dem europäischen Markt. Das Buch gibt zunächst eine Übersicht der juristischen Hintergründe, die sich an Nicht-Juristen richtet. Im zweiten Teil werden Maßnahmen beschrieben, die die potentielle Produkthaftung verringern können. Teil 3 beschreibt die Möglichkeiten einer effektiven Krisenbewältigung. Alle Fakten werden am Beispiel der Autoindustrie verdeutlicht. Die hier vorgestellten Ansätze für den eigenen Umgang mit Fragen der Produkthaftung können aber auch in anderen Branchen angewendet werden.

Thirty years after the entry into force of the Directive on liability for defective products (Council Directive 85/374/EEC), and in the light of the threat to user safety posed by consumer goods that make use of new technologies, it is essential to assess and determine whether the Directive remains an adequate legal response to the phenomenon of products brought to market that fail to ensure appropriate levels of safety for their users. This book is the result of an extensive international research project funded by the Polish National Science Centre. Individual country reports analyze the implementation of the Directive in the domestic law of several EU and EEA Member States (namely Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland) and the relationship of the implemented rules with the already existing rules of tort law. The country reports show that the practical significance of product liability differs widely in the various Member States. Also taking into account non-EU countries (Canada, Israel, South Africa and the USA), this book examines whether EU law will ensure sufficient safety for individuals using goods that have been produced using new technologies that are currently under development. This, as well as an economic analysis of product liability, makes the book valuable for academics, practitioners, policy makers, and all those interested in the subject. (Series: Principles of European Tort Law) Subject: Tort Law, Private Law]