THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIABILITY IN RELATION TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE by Miquel Martin-Casals (Editor) ( 9781107475809 )

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIABILITY IN RELATION TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

By:

Miquel Martin-Casals (Editor)

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

17 July, 2014

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302

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A study of how established rules of tort law have responded to technological change.

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Technological developments posed a challenge to the established law, especially tort law, at approximately the same time across Europe. This book focuses on the similarity and diversity of responses to such developments in different jurisdictions. Three examples have been studied in depth: the escape of sparks from steam engines in the middle of the nineteenth century; exploding boilers in the latter part of the nineteenth century; and asbestos-related industrial disease in the middle and late twentieth century. The book shows how the rules of tort law were used and adapted and demonstrates how other systems of regulation and compensation were introduced to prevent injuries or to provide compensation to victims outside tort law. The relatively marginal role of tort law in these areas reveals much about legal development in general.

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