Understanding "Europeanisation" : transplanting European Union and human rights law into domestic law -- Breaking down the frontiers : EU law in the English law of torts -- The European tort : state liability for breach of European Union law -- Tort law and human rights : a European culture of rights? -- A right to personal privacy in the English law of torts? -- Europeanisation and English tort law : the way forward
Summary
Tort law is often regarded as the clearest example of traditional common law reasoning. Yet, in the past 40 years, the common law of England and Wales has been subject to European influences as a result of the introduction of the European Communities Act 1972 and, more recently, the implementation of the Human Rights Act 1998 in October 2000. EU Directives have led to changes to the law relating to product liability, health and safety in the workplace, and defamation, while Francovich liability introduces a new tort imposing State liability for breach of EU law. The 1998 Act has led to develop
