Tort Law in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

The goal of this study is to provide a general overview and thorough analysis of how the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) deals with tort law issues such as damage, causation, wrongfulness, fault and compensation - namely when applying Art. 41 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Methodological approaches to the tort law of the ECHR as well as the perspectives of human rights and tort law and public international law are also addressed.

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Attila Fenyves, Professor of Civil Law, University of Vienna; Ernst Karner, Professor of Civil Law, University of Vienna; Helmut Koziol, Managing Director of theEuropean Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, Vienna; Elisabeth Steiner, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.