Principles of European Tort Law
The unification of European tort and insurance law is the most ambitious goal which the founders of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, the European Group on Tort Law, pursue in cooperation with ECTIL. The broadly-based comparative research resulted in the drafting of “Principles of European Tort Law”, which provide a foundation for discussing a future harmonization of the law of tort in the European Union. Further, the “Principles” shall form a stimulus for both academics and practitioners and could serve as a guideline for national legal systems, thereby leading to gradual legal harmonization. Finally, the present isolated tort law regulations, which are at times themselves contradictory, require a uniform concept from the European Union.
The European Group on Tort Law spent more than a decade on preparatory works for the “Principles”. These studies have been published in the series "Principles of European Tort Law". The “Principles of European Tort Law” themselves have also already been released in print, accompanied by a commentary and several translations. The online version of the “Principles” in several languages can be found on the Group's website at
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