1. IntroductionJean-Sebastien Borghetti and Simon WhittakerPART I‘CIVIL LIABILITY’, CONTRACTUAL AND EXTRA-CONTRACTUAL2. A Common Framework for Civil Liability? Simon Whittaker3. The Relationship between Contractual and Extra-Contractual Liability as between Parties to a Contract Yves-Marie Laithier4. Liability of Contracting Parties Towards Third Parties Philippe Stoff el-MunckPART II‘FAULT’5. The Definition of Civil Fault Marie Dugue6. Crime, Breach of Legislative Duties and Fault Matthew DysonPART IIILIABILITY WITHOUT FAULT7. The Role of Liability without Fault Jonas Knetsch8. Fait d’autrui in Comparative Perspective Birke HackerPART IV‘HARM’9. Loss and its Compensation in the Proposed New French Regime of Extra-contractual Liability Dorota Leczykiewicz10. The Concepts of ‘Harm’ in the French and Italian Laws of Civil Liability Pietro Sirena11. Nuisance and Coming to the Nuisance: The Porous Boundary between Torts and Servitudes in England and France Ciara KennefickPART VCAUSATION12. Liability for Alternative Causation and for the Loss of a Chance Nuno Manuel Pinto Oliveira13. ‘Solidary’ Liability and the Channelling of Liability Carlos Gomez LiguerrePART VIDEFENCES14. Defences to Tortious and Contractual Liability in French Law Sandy Steel15. Contracts Concerning Civil Liability Zoe JacqueminPART VIILIABILITY BEYOND DAMAGES16. Comparative Reflections on Punishment in Tort LawMarco Cappelletti17. Unjustified Enrichment and Civil Liability Melodie Combot18. Injunctions Requiring the Cessation of Unlawful Action Paula GilikerPART VIIIBROAD THEMES19. The Projet de Réforme du Code Civil Belge and the Reform of the French Civil Code: A Comparison of Selected Topics Bernard Dubuisson20. The Reform of Delict in the Civil Code and Liability in Administrative Law John Bell21. The Importance of Terminology in the Law of Civil Liability Olivier Deshayes22. Principles of Liability or a Law of Torts? Jean-Sebastien Borghetti and Simon Whittaker

The latest research from the OIECL.A series established by the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law as a forum for the dissemination of its research. Both European and comparative law are understood in the broadest sense, and a particular emphasis is placed on the specific intersection of the two disciplines.Series Editor: Professor Matthew DysonBoard of Advisory Editors:Professor Stefan EnchelmaierProfessor Mark Freedland, FBAProfessor Birke HäckerProfessor Imelda MaherProfessor Iyiola SolankeProfessor Stephen Weatherill