This is our Introduction to the forthcoming book Precontractual Liability in European Private Law. In the Introduction we explain the aim and method of our project. In particular, we defend the common core method against its critics as a legitimate method for conducting comparative legal research

Criminal liability of corporations became one of the most debated topics especially following the 1990s, when both the US and Europe faced an alarming number of environmental, antitrust, fraud, worker death, bribery, obstruction of justice, and financial crimes involving corporations. The...

This are the concluding remarks to an edited volume on climate change liability. The introduction sketches the reasons for writing a book on climate change liability as well as the problem definition, methodology and structure of the book. The concluding remarks show that from the contributions...

This is the introduction to an edited volume on climate change liability. The introduction sketches the reasons for writing a book on climate change liability as well as the problem definition, methodology and structure of the book. The concluding remarks show that from the contributions in the...

The notion that damages should be multiplied by the reciprocal of the probability of punishment is one of the basic lessons of the law and economics literature. However, the simple 1/p multiplier turns out be inapplicable in the civil damages setting. The multiplier that brings about first-best...

In many industries, companies rely on private third-party audits to monitor their suppliers’ adherence to various standards. These audits are frequently paid for by the entity being audited, which creates a conflict of interest that incentivizes auditors to reduce the burden of audits by...

It is universally accepted that, subject to various restrictions including remoteness and mitigation of damage, the purpose of damages for breach of civil obligations is to put the parties whose rights have been breached in the same position, so far as money can do so, as if their rights had...