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Rome II Regulation Pocket Commentary

:	Peter Huber
:	Peter Huber
:	Rome II Regulation Pocket Commentary
:	sellier.european law publishers
:	9783866539020
:	1
:	CHF 43.50
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:	Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht
:	English

:	470
:	DRM
:	PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
:	PDF

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The first volume deals with the new Rome II Regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations, which became effective on 11.1.2009.

Compreh nsive and accessible analysis of the rules of the Rome II Regulation on the private international law of non-contractual obligations
Coverage of practical issues such as international product liability, liability for environmental damage or non-contractual liability for unfair competition
Written by a team of internationally orientated scholars

	Preface	8
	Table of Content	10
	Books Cited inAbbreviated Form	12
	Journals Cited inAbbreviated Form	16
	THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION	20
	Introduction	43
	I. Part of an Integrated System	43
	II. Genesis	44
	Chapter I Scope	47
	Article 1 Scope	47
	A. General Outline	49
	B. Requirements for Application: Art. 1(1)	50
	I. Civil and Commercial Matters	50
	II. Non-contractual Obligations	55
	1. General Definition	55
	2. Concurrent Liability	56
	3. Culpa in Contrahendo	56
	4. Questions of Agency: Falsus Procurator and Apparent Authority	57
	5. Property Law, or Rei Vindicatio	58
	6. Actio Pauliana	60
	7. Collective Claims, or Suits Brought by Consumer Protection Associations	61
	8. Prize Notifications	62
	9. Restitution as a Consequence of a Void Contract	62
	III. Situations Involving a Conflict of Laws	63
	C. Specified Exclusions: Art. 1(2)	63
	I. Family Relationships: Art. 1(2)(a)	63
	II. Matrimonial Property Regimes, Wills, Succession: Art. 1(2)(b)	65
	III. Negotiable Financial Instruments: Art. 1(2)(c)	66
	IV. Company Law: Art. 1(2)(d)	67
	V. Trusts: Art. 1(2)(e)	69
	VI. Nuclear Damage: Art. 1(2)(f)	71
	VII. Privacy and Rights Relating to Personality: Art. 1(2)(g)	72
	D. Evidence and Procedure: Art. 1(3)	75
	I. Distinction between Procedural and Substantive Matters	75
	II. Application of Foreign Law	76
	E. Exclusion of Denmark: Art. 1(4)	77
	Article 2 Non-contractual obligations	78
	A. Overview	78
	B. Material Scope: Future Obligations and Declaratory Actions	79
	C. Definitions	80
	I. Art. 2(1): ‘‘Damage’’ Refers to ‘‘Any Consequence’’	80
	II. Art. 2(3): ‘‘Damage’’ and ‘‘Event Giving Rise to Damage’’ Include Damages and Events That Are Likely to Occur	81
	Article 3 Universal application	81
	Chapter II Torts/Delicts	83
	Article 4 General Rule	83
	A. Scope and Structure	84
	I. Torts/Delicts	84
	1. General Definition	84
	2. Distruction between Torst and Unjust Enrichment	85
	3. Distruction between Tort Property Law	86
	4. Concurrent Liability	86
	II. Structure of the Rules on Torts/Delicts	86
	III. Structure of Chapter II	87
	IV. Structure of Art. 4	88
	B. Art. 4	88
	(1): General Rule: Lex Loci Damni89	88
	I. General	89
	II. Direct and Consequential Damage	91
	1. General	91
	2. Personal Injury and Damage to Property	92
	3. Purely Economic Loss	95
	III. Damage in Different Countries	107
	IV. A Nonexistent or Indeterminable Lex Loci Damni	110
	C. Art. 4(2): Common Habitual Residence Lex Domicilii Communis	111
	I. General	111
	II. Prerequisites	112
	1. . . . The Parties Both . . .	112
	2. . . . Have Their Habitual Residence . . .	115
	3. . . . In the Same Country . . .	116
	4. . . . At the Time the Damage Occurs . . .	118
	D. Art. 4(3): Escape Clause/Manifestly Closer Connection	118
	I. General	118
	II. Preexisting Relationship	120
	1. General	120
	2. Contractual Relationship	121
	3. Non-Contractual Legal Relationship	122
	4. Factual Relationship	123
	E. Particular Cases	123
	I. Traffic Accidents	123
	II. Internet Torts	124
	III. Collision of Ships or Airplanes	125
	IV. Torts/Delicts onboard a Ship or Airplane	126
	V. Damage to Res in Transitu	127
	VI. Damage to Third Parties	129
	VII. Collective Claims, or Suits Brought by Consumer Protection Associations	131
	Article 5 Product liability	132
	A. Overview	133
	I. Legislative History	133
	II. Structure	135
	III. Relationship with the 1973 Hague Convention	137
	B. Scope	140
	I. Material Scope	140
	1. Non-Contractual Liability for Damage Caused by a Defective Product	140
	2. Relationship with Other Provisions of the Regulation	142
	3. Relationship with the E-Commerce Directive	143
	II. Personal Scope	145
	III. Territorial Scope	146
	C. Determination of the Applicable Law	146
	I. Ladder of Connections	146
	1. Choice of Law	146
	2. Common Habitual Residence	146
	3. The Cascade of Art. 5(1)1 lit. a to c	146
	4. Foreseeability Defence	156
	5. Escape Clause	158
	D. Burden of Proof	159
	E. Jurisdiction Issues	159
	Article 6 Unfair competition and acts restricting free competition	161
	A. Overview	163
	B. Unfair Competition	164
	I. Structure and Relationship between Art. 6(1) and 6	164
	(2)	1648.3.2.2
	1. Material Scope	166
	2. Personal Scope	182
	3. Territorial Scope	183
	III. Determination of the Applicable Law	183
	1. Market-Related Acts	183
	2. Competitor-Related Acts	192
	3. Multi-State Acts	193
	C. Acts Restricting Free Competition	196
	I. Legislative History and Background	196