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B. The notion of continuation of a right |
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Penalty function ..................................................................................................... |
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Economic optimisation ? ..................................................................................... |
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The area between tort and breach of an obligation |
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Tort, breach of contract and the interim area ............................................... |
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Groups of cases in the interim area .................................................................. |
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The problem of concurrent claims ................................................................... |
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A. Concurrent claims, concurrent bases for claims or uniform |
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B. Individual questions ....................................................................................... |
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The basic criteria for a compensation claim |
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Damage ...................................................................................................................... |
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A. Introduction ...................................................................................................... |
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B. Recoverable damage ....................................................................................... |
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C. Natural, legal or economic definition of damage ? ............................... |
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D. Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage ..................................................... |
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In general ..................................................................................................... |
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2. The special nature of non-pecuniary damage .................................. |
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3. Non-pecuniary harm to legal entities ................................................. |
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4. Problems when it comes to distinguishing between |
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pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage ............................................... |
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E. Real and calculable damage ......................................................................... |
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F. Positive damage and loss of profits ........................................................... |
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G. Damage in the case of unwanted birth ? .................................................. |
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The various approaches .......................................................................... |
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The methodological justification ........................................................ |
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3. Compensation of non-pecuniary damage due to |
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frustration of family planning ? ............................................................. |
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Causation .................................................................................................................. |
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C. Causation through someone’s sphere ...................................................... |
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D. Omissions as cause ......................................................................................... |
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E. Exceptions from the requirement of causation ? ................................... |
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The attenuation of the causation requirement ...................................... |
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1. Liability of several tortfeasors ................................................................ |
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2. Alternative causation ............................................................................... |
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a. The problem ......................................................................................... |
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b. Joint and several liability under Austrian |
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c. Freedom from liability under Swiss law ...................................... |
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d. The partial liability solution of the |
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e. Event which would trigger liability and » coincidence « |
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as competing causes .......................................................................... |
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f. Excursus: the doctrine of loss of a chance as the better |
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means to a solution ? .......................................................................... |
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g. Alternative perpetrators and alternative victims ...................... |
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3. Cumulative causation ............................................................................... |
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4. Superseding causation ............................................................................ |
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Summary ................................................................................................................... |
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The elements of liability |
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Wrongfulness ........................................................................................................... |
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A. Introduction ...................................................................................................... |
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B. The different concepts of wrongfulness .................................................. |
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C. The search for a comprehensive concept ................................................ |
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D. Delimitation of protected interest ............................................................. |
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Protection against insignificant infringements ? .................................. |
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1. Recognition today of the de minimis rule ......................................... |
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2. Reasons for a de minimis threshold ................................................... |
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3. A general de minimis threshold for |
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non-pecuniary damage ? .......................................................................... |
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4. A general de minimis threshold for pecuniary damage ? ............. |
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5. The dogmatic status of significance thresholds ............................. |
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The objective conduct standards ............................................................... |
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1. Establishing the required standard of conduct ............................... |
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2. The general significance of breach of duties of care |
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G. Special aspects of the wrongfulness of omissions ................................ |
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H. Protection of pure economic interests ..................................................... |
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Introduction ................................................................................................ |
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Reasons for limiting protection ............................................................ |
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Examples for the recognition of duties of care ................................ |
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The 10 commandments of liability for economic loss .................. |
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Fault |
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A. Concept, ........................................................prerequisites and meaning |
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Concept |
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Prerequisites |
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Reference point for fault |
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4. .........................................................................................Meaning of fault |
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Subjective ..........................................or objective assessment of fault ? |
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The principle of subjective assessment |
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Objective standard for breach of contract |
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Objective standard for experts |
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Objective standard when dangerous things are used |
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Conclusion |
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Wrongfulness and negligence |
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III. Other defects in the damaging party’s own sphere ..................................... |
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A. Misconduct ..................................................................................of persons |
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1. ................................................................................................ |
Introduction |
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Auxiliaries’ personal liability |
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Liability for performance agents ( Erfüllungsgehilfen ) |
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4. ...................... |
Liability for vicarious agents ( Besorgungsgehilfen ) |
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5. ............................................................... |
Directors and officers liability |
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B. Defective ...............................................................................................things |
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C. Technical ....................................................equipment replacing people |
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Dangerousness ........................................................................................................ |
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A. Introduction ...................................................................................................... |
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B. An ....................................................................informative look at Europe |
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C. Dangerousness ..................................................as a ground for liability |
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D. Defences ............................................................................................................. |
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E. The ............................regulation of liability based on dangerousness |
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Introductory considerations |
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Approaches to general rules |
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Permitted .........................................................................................interference |
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A. Liability ......................................in the case of permitted interference |
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B. Difference between liability based on dangerousness |
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and ...................................................liability for permitted interference |
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Economic ............................................................capacity to bear the burden |
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Realisation of profit ............................................................................................... |
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The abstract possibility of realising profit .............................................. |
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B. Concrete gain of an advantage .................................................................... |
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VIII. Insurability and having insurance cover ........................................................ |
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Feasibility of insurance ................................................................................. |
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B. Actual insurance cover .................................................................................. |
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The notion of a risk community ........................................................................ |
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The interplay of liability criteria ........................................................................ |
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B. The interplay of misconduct and dangerousness ................................. |
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C. Enterprise liability .......................................................................................... |
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1. International trends ................................................................................. |
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2. The decisive grounds for making liability stricter .......................... |
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D. The example of product liability ................................................................ |
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Contributory responsibility of the victim ...................................................... |
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A. Introduction ...................................................................................................... |
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B. The equal treatment theory ( Gleichbehandlungsthese ) ..................... |
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C. The theory of differentiation ( Differenzierungsthese ) ........................ |
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D. A mediatory approach .................................................................................... |
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E. Liabilty for auxiliaries’ conduct in particular ......................................... |
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Limitations of liability |
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The basic problem of excessive liability ......................................................... |
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Interruption of the causal link ? ........................................................................ |
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Adequacy ................................................................................................................... |
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The protective purpose of the rule ................................................................... |
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A. The theory of protective purpose in general ........................................... |
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B. The special problem of lawful alternative conduct .............................. |
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Intervening wilful act by a third party ............................................................. |
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Limits of liability .................................................................................................... |
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The compensation of the damage |
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Extent of compensation ....................................................................................... |
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A. Comprehensive compensation as a basic principle ? ........................... |
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B. The objective value as minimum compensation .................................. |
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Types of compensation ........................................................................................ |
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A. Restitution in kind .......................................................................................... |
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B. Damages ............................................................................................................. |
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Periodic or lump sum ........................................................................................... |
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Reduction of the duty to compensate .............................................................. |
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Prescription of compensation claims |
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The basic principles of the law on prescription ........................................... |
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A. The basic problem regarding the concept of prescription ................. |
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B. Protection against unfounded claims ....................................................... |
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C. Protection against unexpected suits ......................................................... |
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D. Protection of uninvolved parties against being burdened ................. |
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E. The notion of laches ....................................................................................... |
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The present legal position and two problematic issues ............................ |
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A. The prescription period ................................................................................ |
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2. German law .................................................................................................. |
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3. Swiss law ....................................................................................................... |
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B. Commencement of the prescription period ........................................... |
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1. Austrian law ................................................................................................. |
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3. Swiss law ....................................................................................................... |
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III.Attempt to find rules on prescription that are consistent
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A. Commencement of the long prescription period ................................. |
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B. The length of the long prescription period ............................................ |
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C. Approaches to regulation .............................................................................. |
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Overview ....................................................................................................................... |
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Draft proposal submitted by the working group set up by the Federal Ministry of Justice for a new Austrian
law of damages ........................................................................................................... |
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General Part .......................................................................................................... |
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Particular Part ...................................................................................................... |
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Basic Norm .......................................................................................... |
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General Conditions of Liability .................................................... |
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Bases of Liability ................................................................................ |
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Defences ............................................................................................... |
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Multiple Tortfeasors ......................................................................... |
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Remedies .............................................................................................. |
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Literature ...................................................................................................................... |
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Glossary ........................................................................................................................ |
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List of Abbrevations
ABGB |
Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch JGS 1811 / 946 ( Austrian |
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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 |
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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 |
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Federal Law Gazette ) |
BGE |
Entscheidungen des Schweizerischen Bundesgerichts |
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( Decisions of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court ) |
BGH |
Bundesgerichtshof ( German Federal Court of Justice ) |
BGHSt |
Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Strafsachen |
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( Decisions of the German Federal Court of Justice in criminal |
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matters ) |
BGHZ |
Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen |
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( Decisions of the Federal Court of Justice in civil matters ) |
BImSchG |
Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz ( Federal Pollution Control |
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Act ) |
BlgNR |
Beilage ( n ) zu den stenographischen Protokollen des |
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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 |
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Cassation ) |
Cass ass plén |
Cour de Cassation, Assemblée Plénière ( French Court of |
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Cassation, Plenary Court ) |
Cass civ |
Cour de Cassation, chambre civile ( French Court of |
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Cassation, Civil Division ) |
Cass com |
Cour de Cassation, Chambre commerciale, financière |
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et économique ( French Court of Cassation, Commerical |
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Division ) |
cf |
confer, compare |
Cir |
Circuit Court of Appeal |
CMR |
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of |
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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 |
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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 |
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( Introductory Act to the German Civil Code ) |
EGTL |
European Group on Tort Law |
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EKHG |
Eisenbahnund Kraftfahrzeughaftpflichtgesetz BGBl 1959 / 48 |
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( Austrian Act on Liability for Railways and Motor Vehicles ) |
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ERPL |
European Review of Private Law |
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et al |
et alii ( and others ) |
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EuGRZ |
Europäische Grundrechte – Zeitschrift |
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EvBl |
Evidenzblatt ( joined with the ÖJZ since 1946 ) |
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F |
Federal Reporter |
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f, ff |
Following page, following pages |
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FBG |
Firmenbuchgesetz BGBl 1991 / 10 ( Austrian Commercial |
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Register Act ) |
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FN |
Footnote |
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ForstG |
Forstgesetz BGBl 1975 / 440 ( Austrian Forest Act ) |
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FS |
Festschrift ( Commemorative publication ) |
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Ga L Rev |
Georgia Law Review |
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GedS |
Gedenkschrift ( Commemorative publication ) |
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GI |
Giurisprudenza |
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GlUNF |
Collection of civil law decisions of the Imperial Royal |
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Austrian Supreme Court, new series; started by Glaser and |
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Unger, continued by Pfaff, Schey, Krupsky, Schrutka von |
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Rechtenstamm and Stephan ( 1898 to 1915 ) |
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GmbH |
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung ( Private limited |
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company ) |
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GmbHG |
Gesetz über Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung RGBl |
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1906 / 58 ( Austrian Private Limited Company Act ) |
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GMG |
Gebrauchsmustergesetz BGBl 1994 / 211 ( Austrian Model Utility |
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Act ) |
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GOG |
Gerichtsorganisationsgesetz RGBl 1896 / 217 ( Austrian Act on |
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Court Organisation ) |
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GP |
Gesetzgebungsperiode |
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GRUR |
Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht |
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GRUR Int |
Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, |
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Internationaler Teil |
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GUG |
Grundbuchumstellungsgesetz BGBl 1947 / 22 ( Austrian Act |
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concerning the Reorganisation of the Land Registry ) |
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GWB |
Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen ( German Act |
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against Restraints on Competition ) |
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Harv L Rev |
Harvard Law Review |
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HAVE |
Haftung und Versicherung |
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HGB |
Handelsgesetzbuch ( German Commercial Code ) |
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HKK |
Historisch-kritischer Kommentar |
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HpflG |
Haftpflichtgesetz ( German Liability Act ) |
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ie |
id est ( that is ) |
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immolex |
Neues Mietund Wohnrecht |
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InsO |
Insolvenzordnung ( Germany Insolvency Code ) |
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Int Insur Law Rev |
International Insurance Law Review |
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Int’l Rev L & Econ |
International Review of Law and Economics |
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IO |
Insolvenzordnung ( Austrian Insolveny Code ) |
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IPR |
Private International Law |
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IT |
Information technology |
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JAP |
Juristische Ausbildung und Praxisvorbereitung |
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Jb |
Jahrbuch ( Yearbook ) |
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JBl |
Juristische Blätter |
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JETL |
Journal of European Tort Law |
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JherJB |
Jehrings Jahrbücher für Dogmatik des bürgerlichen Rechts |
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J Legal Stud |
Journal of Legal Studies |
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JuS |
Juristische Schulung |
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JZ |
( German ) Juristenzeitung |
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KartellG |
Kartellgesetz BGBl 1972 / 460 ( Austrian Antitrust Act ) |
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KBB |
Koziol / Bydlinski / Bollenberger, Kurzkommentar zum ABGB |
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KG |
Kommanditgesellschaft ( Limited partnership ) |
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KMG |
Kapitalmarktgesetz |
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KO |
Konkursordnung RGBl 1914 / 337 ( Austrian Bankruptcy Code ) |
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KSchG |
Konsumentenschutzgesetz BGBl 1979 / 140 ( Austrian |
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Consumer Protection Act ) |
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lit |
litera ( letter, item ) |
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LuftVG |
Luftverkehrsgesetz RGBl 1936 I 653 ( Austrian Air Traffic Act ) |
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MarkSchG |
Markenschutzgesetz BGBl 1970 / 260 ( Austrian Trademark |
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Act ) |
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MDR |
Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht |
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MedG |
Mediengesetz BGBl 1981 / 314 ( Austrian Media Act ) |
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MedienG |
Mediengesetz ( German ) |
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MJ |
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law |
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MR |
Medien und Recht |
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MRG |
Mietrechtsgesetz |
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