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A. The deterrent function in general  ..............................................................

 

78

 

B. The notion of continuation of a right

 

 

 

( Rechtsfortsetzungsgedanke )  ......................................................................

 

80

III.

Penalty function.....................................................................................................

 

83

IV.

Economic optimisation ?  .....................................................................................

 

84

Chapter 4

 

 

 

The area between tort and breach of an obligation

 

 

I.

Tort, breach of contract and the interim area  ...............................................

 

93

II.

Groups of cases in the interim area  ..................................................................

 

97

III.

The problem of concurrent claims  ...................................................................

 

102

 

A. Concurrent claims, concurrent bases for claims or uniform

 

 

basis of claims  ..................................................................................................

 

102

 

B. Individual questions  .......................................................................................

 

104

Chapter 5

 

 

 

The basic criteria for a compensation claim

 

 

I.

Damage  ......................................................................................................................

 

109

 

A. Introduction  ......................................................................................................

 

109

 

B. Recoverable damage  .......................................................................................

 

110

 

C. Natural, legal or economic definition of damage ?  ...............................

 

112

 

D. Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage  .....................................................

 

112

 

1.

In general  .....................................................................................................

 

112

 

2. The special nature of non-pecuniary damage  ..................................

 

113

 

3. Non-pecuniary harm to legal entities  .................................................

 

117

 

4. Problems when it comes to distinguishing between

 

 

 

pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage  ...............................................

 

118

 

E. Real and calculable damage  .........................................................................

 

123

 

F. Positive damage and loss of profits  ...........................................................

 

125

 

G. Damage in the case of unwanted birth ?..................................................

 

125

 

1.

The various approaches..........................................................................

 

125

 

2.

The methodological justification  ........................................................

 

127

 

3. Compensation of non-pecuniary damage due to

 

 

 

 

frustration of family planning ?  .............................................................

 

131

II.

Causation  ..................................................................................................................

 

132

 

A. The normative imprint of the notion of causation within tort law...

132

 

B. Cause as a necessary condition  ..................................................................

 

133

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C. Causation through someone’s sphere  ......................................................

135

 

 

D. Omissions as cause  .........................................................................................

136

 

 

E. Exceptions from the requirement of causation ?  ...................................

138

 

 

F.

The attenuation of the causation requirement  ......................................

139

 

 

 

1. Liability of several tortfeasors  ................................................................

139

 

 

 

2. Alternative causation...............................................................................

140

 

 

 

a. The problem  .........................................................................................

140

 

 

 

b. Joint and several liability under Austrian

 

 

 

 

and German law  ..................................................................................

141

 

 

 

c. Freedom from liability under Swiss law  ......................................

145

 

 

 

d. The partial liability solution of the

 

 

 

 

European Group on Tort Law  ..........................................................

145

 

 

 

e. Event which would trigger liability and » coincidence «

 

 

 

 

as competing causes  ..........................................................................

146

 

 

 

f. Excursus: the doctrine of loss of a chance as the better

 

 

 

 

means to a solution ?  ..........................................................................

152

 

 

 

g. Alternative perpetrators and alternative victims  ......................

159

 

 

 

3. Cumulative causation  ...............................................................................

162

 

 

 

4. Superseding causation  ............................................................................

163

 

III.

Summary  ...................................................................................................................

 

168

 

Chapter 6

 

 

 

The elements of liability

 

 

I.

Wrongfulness  ...........................................................................................................

171

 

 

A. Introduction  ......................................................................................................

171

 

 

B. The different concepts of wrongfulness  ..................................................

172

 

 

C. The search for a comprehensive concept................................................

174

 

 

D. Delimitation of protected interest  .............................................................

177

 

 

E.

Protection against insignificant infringements ?  ..................................

179

 

 

 

1. Recognition today of the de minimis rule  .........................................

179

 

 

 

2. Reasons for a de minimis threshold  ...................................................

181

 

 

 

3. A general de minimis threshold for

 

 

 

 

non-pecuniary damage ?  ..........................................................................

183

 

 

 

4. A general de minimis threshold for pecuniary damage ?  .............

184

 

 

 

5. The dogmatic status of significance thresholds  .............................

187

 

 

F.

The objective conduct standards  ...............................................................

188

 

 

 

1. Establishing the required standard of conduct  ...............................

188

 

 

 

2. The general significance of breach of duties of care

 

 

 

 

in relation to liability for misconduct  .................................................

189

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G. Special aspects of the wrongfulness of omissions  ................................

 

191

 

 

 

H. Protection of pure economic interests  .....................................................

 

193

 

 

 

 

1.

Introduction   ................................................................................................

 

193

 

 

 

 

2.

Reasons for limiting protection   ............................................................

 

194

 

 

 

 

3.

Examples for the recognition of duties of care   ................................

 

195

 

 

 

 

4.

The 10 commandments of liability for economic loss   ..................

198

 

 

II.

Fault

............................................................................................................................

 

200

 

 

 

A. Concept, ........................................................prerequisites and meaning

 

200

 

 

 

 

1. .........................................................................................................

Concept

 

200

 

 

 

 

2. ...............................................................................................

Prerequisites

 

200

 

 

 

 

3. .........................................................................

Reference point for fault

 

201

 

 

 

 

4. .........................................................................................Meaning of fault 

 

202

 

 

 

B.

Subjective ..........................................or objective assessment of fault ? 

 

202

 

 

 

 

1. .............................................

The principle of subjective assessment

 

202

 

 

 

 

2. .........................................

Objective standard for breach of contract

 

205

 

 

 

 

3. ..............................................................

Objective standard for experts

 

207

 

 

 

 

4. ....................

Objective standard when dangerous things are used

208

 

 

 

 

5. ..................................................................................................

Conclusion

 

208

 

 

 

 

6. ...............................................................

Wrongfulness and negligence

 

208

 

 

III. Other defects in the damaging party’s own sphere  .....................................

 

210

 

 

 

A. Misconduct ..................................................................................of persons

 

210

 

 

 

 

1. ................................................................................................

Introduction

 

210

 

 

 

 

2. .................................................................

Auxiliaries’ personal liability

 

212

 

 

 

 

3. .................

Liability for performance agents ( Erfüllungsgehilfen )

213

 

 

 

 

4. ......................

Liability for vicarious agents ( Besorgungsgehilfen )

219

 

 

 

 

5. ...............................................................

Directors and officers liability

 

224

 

 

 

B. Defective ...............................................................................................things

 

226

 

 

 

C. Technical ....................................................equipment replacing people

 

228

 

 

IV.

Dangerousness ........................................................................................................ 

 

230

 

 

 

A. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 

 

230

 

 

 

B. An ....................................................................informative look at Europe

 

233

 

 

 

C. Dangerousness ..................................................as a ground for liability

 

234

 

 

 

D. Defences ............................................................................................................. 

 

235

 

 

 

E. The ............................regulation of liability based on dangerousness

 

236

 

 

 

 

1. ..................................................................

Introductory considerations

 

236

 

 

 

 

2. ..................................................................

Approaches to general rules

 

237

 

 

V.

Permitted .........................................................................................interference

 

238

 

 

 

A. Liability ......................................in the case of permitted interference

 

238

 

 

 

B. Difference between liability based on dangerousness

 

 

 

 

 

and ...................................................liability for permitted interference 

 

238

 

 

VI.

Economic ............................................................capacity to bear the burden

 

239

 

 

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Realisation of profit  ...............................................................................................

240

 

 

A.

The abstract possibility of realising profit  ..............................................

240

 

 

B. Concrete gain of an advantage  ....................................................................

242

 

VIII. Insurability and having insurance cover  ........................................................

243

 

 

A.

Feasibility of insurance  .................................................................................

243

 

 

B. Actual insurance cover  ..................................................................................

244

 

IX.

The notion of a risk community  ........................................................................

246

 

X.

The interplay of liability criteria  ........................................................................

247

 

 

A. In general

...........................................................................................................

247

 

 

B. The interplay of misconduct and dangerousness  .................................

249

 

 

C. Enterprise liability..........................................................................................

251

 

 

 

1. International trends  .................................................................................

251

 

 

 

2. The decisive grounds for making liability stricter  ..........................

252

 

 

D. The example of product liability  ................................................................

255

 

XI.

Contributory responsibility of the victim  ......................................................

256

 

 

A. Introduction  ......................................................................................................

256

 

 

B. The equal treatment theory ( Gleichbehandlungsthese )  .....................

257

 

 

C. The theory of differentiation ( Differenzierungsthese )  ........................

259

 

 

D. A mediatory approach  ....................................................................................

260

 

 

E. Liabilty for auxiliaries’ conduct in particular  .........................................

265

 

Chapter 7

 

 

 

Limitations of liability

 

 

I.

The basic problem of excessive liability  .........................................................

269

 

II.

Interruption of the causal link ?  ........................................................................

271

 

III.

Adequacy  ...................................................................................................................

 

272

 

IV.

The protective purpose of the rule  ...................................................................

276

 

 

A. The theory of protective purpose in general  ...........................................

276

 

 

B. The special problem of lawful alternative conduct  ..............................

279

 

V.

Intervening wilful act by a third party  .............................................................

286

 

VI.

Limits of liability  ....................................................................................................

289

 

Chapter 8

 

 

 

The compensation of the damage

 

 

I.

Extent of compensation  .......................................................................................

293

 

 

A. Comprehensive compensation as a basic principle ?  ...........................

293

 

 

B. The objective value as minimum compensation  ..................................

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Types of compensation........................................................................................

 

297

 

A. Restitution in kind  ..........................................................................................

 

297

 

B. Damages  .............................................................................................................

 

299

III.

Periodic or lump sum  ...........................................................................................

 

300

IV.

Reduction of the duty to compensate  ..............................................................

 

303

Chapter 9

 

 

Prescription of compensation claims

 

 

I.

The basic principles of the law on prescription  ...........................................

 

307

 

A. The basic problem regarding the concept of prescription  .................

307

 

B. Protection against unfounded claims  .......................................................

 

308

 

C. Protection against unexpected suits.........................................................

 

309

 

D. Protection of uninvolved parties against being burdened  .................

310

 

E. The notion of laches  .......................................................................................

 

311

II.

The present legal position and two problematic issues  ............................

 

312

 

A. The prescription period  ................................................................................

 

312

 

1. Austrian law  .................................................................................................

 

312

 

2. German law  ..................................................................................................

 

314

 

3. Swiss law  .......................................................................................................

 

314

 

B. Commencement of the prescription period  ...........................................

 

315

 

1. Austrian law  .................................................................................................

 

315

 

2. German law  ..................................................................................................

 

316

 

3. Swiss law  .......................................................................................................

 

316

III.Attempt to find rules on prescription that are consistent

with the system and value judgements  ...........................................................

317

A. Commencement of the long prescription period  .................................

317

B. The length of the long prescription period  ............................................

319

C. Approaches to regulation  ..............................................................................

320

Chapter 10

 

Appendices

 

Overview  .......................................................................................................................

323

Draft proposal submitted by the working group set up by the Federal Ministry of Justice for a new Austrian

law of damages  ...........................................................................................................

325

I.

General Part  ..........................................................................................................

327

II.

Particular Part  ......................................................................................................

337

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TITLE

I.

Basic Norm..........................................................................................

345

 

TITLE

II.

General Conditions of Liability  ....................................................

345

 

TITLE

III.

Bases of Liability  ................................................................................

348

 

TITLE

IV.

Defences  ...............................................................................................

350

 

TITLE

V.

Multiple Tortfeasors  .........................................................................

351

 

TITLE

VI.

Remedies  ..............................................................................................

353

 

Literature  ......................................................................................................................

 

357

 

Glossary  ........................................................................................................................

 

363

 

Index

..............................................................................................................................

 

365

 

About ........................................................................................................the author

379

Publisher’s ................................................................................................................note

381

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List of Abbrevations

ABGB

Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch JGS 1811 / 946 ( Austrian

 

Civil Code )

Abs

Absatz ( paragraph )

AC

Appeal Cases

AcP

Archiv für die civilistische Praxis

AfP

( German ) Zeitschrift für Medienund Kommunikationsrecht

AJP

Zeitschrift für die Aktuelle Juristische Praxis

AktG

Aktiengesetz BGBl 1965 / 98 ( Austrian Stock Corporation Act )

Anh

Anhang ( Annex )

Anm

Anmerkung ( Comment )

Ariz L Rev

Arizona Law Review

Art

Article

AtomHG

Atomhaftungsgesetz ( German Atomic Liability Act )

BAG

Bundesarbeitsgericht ( German Federal Labour Court )

BAGE

Entscheidungen des Bundesarbeitsgericht ( Decisions of

 

the German Federal Labour Court )

BergG

Berggesetz BGBl 1975 / 259 ( Austrian Mining Act )

BGB

Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch ( German Civil Code )

BGBl

Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich ( Austrian

 

Federal Law Gazette )

BGE

Entscheidungen des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts

 

( Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court )

BGH

Bundesgerichtshof ( German Federal Court of Justice )

BGHSt

Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Strafsachen

 

( Decisions of the German Federal Court of Justice in criminal

 

matters )

BGHZ

Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen

 

( Decisions of the Federal Court of Justice in civil matters )

BImSchG

Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz ( Federal Pollution Control

 

Act )

BlgNR

Beilage ( n ) zu den stenographischen Protokollen des

 

Nationalrats

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BSK

Basler Kommentar zum schweizerischen Privatrecht

BVG

Bundesversorgungsgesetz ( German Federal Victims Relief Act )

BW

Burgerlijk Wetboek ( Dutch Civil Code )

BWG

Bankwesengesetz BGBl 1993 / 532 ( Austrian Banking Act )

Cal L Rev

California Law Review

Cass

Corte Suprema di Cassazione ( Italian Supreme Court of

 

Cassation )

Cass ass plén

Cour de Cassation, Assemblée Plénière ( French Court of

 

Cassation, Plenary Court )

Cass civ

Cour de Cassation, chambre civile ( French Court of

 

Cassation, Civil Division )

Cass com

Cour de Cassation, Chambre commerciale, financière

 

et économique ( French Court of Cassation, Commerical

 

Division )

cf

confer, compare

Cir

Circuit Court of Appeal

CMR

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of

 

Goods by Road

COM

Documents of the Commission of the European Union

d

German ( in front of another abbreviation )

D

Recueil Dalloz

DCFR

Draft Common Frame of Reference

DHG

Dienstnehmerhaftpflichtgesetz BGBl 1965 / 80 ( Austrian

 

Employee Liability Act )

DJT

Deutscher Juristentag

EC

European Community

ECG

E-Commerce-Gesetz

ECHR

European Convention on Human Rights

ecolex

Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht

ECR

European Court Reports

ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights

ECU

European Currency Unit

Ed ( s )

Editor ( s )

EEC

European Economic Community

eg

exempli gratia ( for example )

EGBGB

Einführungsgesetz zum Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch

 

( Introductory Act to the German Civil Code )

EGTL

European Group on Tort Law

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EKHG

Eisenbahnund Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtgesetz BGBl 1959 / 48

 

( Austrian Act on Liability for Railways and Motor Vehicles )

ERPL

European Review of Private Law

 

et al

et alii ( and others )

 

EuGRZ

Europäische Grundrechte – Zeitschrift

 

EvBl

Evidenzblatt ( joined with the ÖJZ since 1946 )

F

Federal Reporter

 

f, ff

Following page, following pages

 

FBG

Firmenbuchgesetz BGBl 1991 / 10 ( Austrian Commercial

 

Register Act )

 

FN

Footnote

 

ForstG

Forstgesetz BGBl 1975 / 440 ( Austrian Forest Act )

FS

Festschrift ( Commemorative publication )

Ga L Rev

Georgia Law Review

 

GedS

Gedenkschrift ( Commemorative publication )

GI

Giurisprudenza

 

GlUNF

Collection of civil law decisions of the Imperial Royal

 

Austrian Supreme Court, new series; started by Glaser and

 

Unger, continued by Pfaff, Schey, Krupsky, Schrutka von

 

Rechtenstamm and Stephan ( 1898 to 1915 )

 

GmbH

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ( Private limited

 

company )

 

GmbHG

Gesetz über Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung RGBl

 

1906 / 58 ( Austrian Private Limited Company Act )

GMG

Gebrauchsmustergesetz BGBl 1994 / 211 ( Austrian Model Utility

 

Act )

 

GOG

Gerichtsorganisationsgesetz RGBl 1896 / 217 ( Austrian Act on

 

Court Organisation )

 

GP

Gesetzgebungsperiode

 

GRUR

Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht

GRUR Int

Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht,

 

Internationaler Teil

 

GUG

Grundbuchumstellungsgesetz BGBl 1947 / 22 ( Austrian Act

 

concerning the Reorganisation of the Land Registry )

GWB

Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen ( German Act

 

against Restraints on Competition )

 

Harv L Rev

Harvard Law Review

 

HAVE

Haftung und Versicherung

 

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HGB

Handelsgesetzbuch ( German Commercial Code )

 

HKK

Historisch-kritischer Kommentar

 

HpflG

Haftpflichtgesetz ( German Liability Act )

 

ie

id est ( that is )

 

immolex

Neues Mietund Wohnrecht

 

InsO

Insolvenzordnung ( Germany Insolvency Code )

 

Int Insur Law Rev

International Insurance Law Review

 

Int’l Rev L & Econ

International Review of Law and Economics

 

IO

Insolvenzordnung ( Austrian Insolveny Code )

 

IPR

Private International Law

 

IT

Information technology

 

JAP

Juristische Ausbildung und Praxisvorbereitung

 

Jb

Jahrbuch ( Yearbook )

 

JBl

Juristische Blätter

 

JETL

Journal of European Tort Law

 

JherJB

Jehrings Jahrbücher für Dogmatik des bürgerlichen Rechts

 

J Legal Stud

Journal of Legal Studies

 

JuS

Juristische Schulung

 

JZ

( German ) Juristenzeitung

 

KartellG

Kartellgesetz BGBl 1972 / 460 ( Austrian Antitrust Act )

 

KBB

Koziol / Bydlinski / Bollenberger, Kurzkommentar zum ABGB

 

KG

Kommanditgesellschaft ( Limited partnership )

 

KMG

Kapitalmarktgesetz

 

KO

Konkursordnung RGBl 1914 / 337 ( Austrian Bankruptcy Code )

 

KSchG

Konsumentenschutzgesetz BGBl 1979 / 140 ( Austrian

 

 

Consumer Protection Act )

 

lit

litera ( letter, item )

 

LuftVG

Luftverkehrsgesetz RGBl 1936 I 653 ( Austrian Air Traffic Act )

 

MarkSchG

Markenschutzgesetz BGBl 1970 / 260 ( Austrian Trademark

 

 

Act )

 

MDR

Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht

 

MedG

Mediengesetz BGBl 1981 / 314 ( Austrian Media Act )

 

MedienG

Mediengesetz ( German )

 

MJ

Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law

 

MR

Medien und Recht

 

MRG

Mietrechtsgesetz

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