About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

14 J. Consumer Pol'y 1 (1991)

handle is hein.journals/jrncpy14 and id is 1 raw text is: Norbert Reich The Product Liability Debate - Continued PROGRESS AND SETBACKS Product liability has been a concern for consumer policy over the last 20 years. Readers of JCP have regularly been able to follow discussions on the drafting and implementation of product liability legislation (cf. Dahl, 1979; Harland, 1981; Alpa, 1983; Cavanillas Migica, 1990), especially since the adoption of EEC Directive 85/ 374 (Reich, 1986) which had to be implemented by the twelve Member States by 31 July 1988. It therefore can only be welcomed that the Associagio Intema- cional de Direito do Consumo, Coimbra, under the able leadership of Mario Frota from the Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, had invited experts from EC, EFTA, and many other countries to Figueira da Foz, Portugal, from 7 to 10 November 1990. The conference had the purpose of giving information and drawing conclusions on the state of product liability law in important indus- trialized countries in the world. It came as a surprise that, while the implementation of the EC Directive is still lagging far behind in the Member States, most EFTA countries (e.g., Austria, Norway, Finland, and probably very soon Sweden) have taken EC law as a basis for the reform of their product liability legislation. JCP is publishing the papers of the speakers from Norway and Finland to inform the reader of important developments in these countries that go beyond the EC Directive in including primary agricultural products and in discarding the development risk defence. On the other hand, setbacks were reported from the country where modern product liability law had taken its origin, namely the US. The reader will therefore appreciate the succinct information on the most recent developments in American case law and state legislation. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EC DIRECTIVE 85/374 A thorough and voluminous publication written in Portuguese Journal of Consumer Policy 14: 1-6, 1991. © 1991 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most