Since November 2000 the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL), based in Vienna, has been an association whose purpose is
- to conduct legal and comparative research in the field of national, international and common European tort and insurance law
- to draft Principles for a futore harmonisation of European Tort and insurance law in co-operation with the European Group on Tort Law
- to co-operate with scholars and research institutions in the field of tort and insurance law and with undertakings and co-operations interested in joint research projects.
Read more about European Centre Of Tort And Insurance Law: Principles of European Tort Law, Other Research Projects, Collaboration, Annual Conference On European Tort Law (ACET)
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