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Author Aalto, Pekka.

Title Public liability in EU law : Brasserie, Bergaderm and beyond / Pekka Aalto
Published Oxford ; Portland, OR : Hart Pub., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvii, 240 pages) : illustrations
Series Modern studies in European law
Modern studies in European law.
Contents Introduction -- Parameters of convergence -- Contexts of convergence -- Alignment of the two liability systems -- Liability of the European Union -- Liability of the Member States -- Conclusions
Summary "Over the last two decades public law liability for breach of European Union law has been subject to remarkable developments. This book examines the convergence between its two constituent systems: the damages liability of the EU and that of its Member States for failing to comply with EU rules. Member State liability, based as it is on the Francovich case (1991) and Brasserie du Pêcheur and Factortame (1996) judgments of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is well established. But it is yet to be closely scrutinised by reference to the detailed rules on the liability of the European Union. The focus of the book is on the two key legal criteria that are common to both systems, namely the grant of rights to individuals by EU law and the notion of sufficiently serious breach of such rights. The analysis concentrates on developments in the case law of the ECJ and the General Court since the Bergaderm judgment (2000), which consolidated the convergence of the two liability systems that was first indicated in Brasserie du Pêcheur and Factortame. These two criteria are set side by side to evaluate the extent, in real terms, of the convergence of Member State and EU institutional damages liability, and to determine the extent to which one has influenced the other. This book shows that although full convergence between the two liability systems is not likely, each stream of case law should look to the other more actively as this important element of EU remedial law develops. Convergence in EU law public liability is supported by developments in adjacent areas, most notably European tort law and European administrative law. This study also illustrates how convergence in the EU liability systems to date has had spill-over effects into national public liability law"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index
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Subject Government liability -- European Union countries
Administrative responsibility -- European Union countries
Administrative law -- European Union countries
Remedies (Law) -- European Union countries
Torts -- Delicts.
LAW -- International.
UE/CE Droit.
Responsabilité de l'Etat.
UE/CE Union européenne.
Responsabilité civile.
Dommages et intérêts.
UE/CE Cour de justice.
Jurisprudence.
Etudes de cas.
UE/CE Etats membres.
Administrative law
Administrative responsibility
Government liability
Remedies (Law)
Europees recht.
Regelgeving.
Bestuursrecht.
European Union countries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781847318459
1847318452
1280125578
9781280125577
9781847318190
1847318193
9781472565761
1472565762
Other Titles Public liability in European Union law