This paper provides an overview of the economic approach to unfair contract terms whereby various economic approaches are distinguished. Addition is paid to the neo classic perspective on unfair contract terms as well as to the approach followed by information economics. Then evidence is...

Disasters happen all the time. Since early mankind natural disasters like bush fires, heavy rainfall, flooding, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have threatened mankind’s very existence. Of a more recent date, mostly since the Industrial Revolution, mankind has also been threatened through...

We examined the role of China’s political system in shaping China’s current environmental status quo. We will show that economic growth has inexorably become an overriding objective that derives from the Party’s desperation to maintain power because increased wealth accumulation supports...

According to some, the imposition of liability on public authorities would lead them to adopt defensive practices. Others are much more sceptical and believe that chilling effects may be illusionary. Empirically, some studies seem to confirm that chilling effects exist, while other studies do...

While in many countries the liability of public authorities in negligence resembles the liability of ordinary persons quite well, several exceptions which shield public authorities from liability remain important. A policy consideration which often seems to be given weight is the risk of...

In various countries, initiatives have been taken to speed up the process to provide compensation to victims of personal injury. There are some concerns that speeding up the process (inter alia via alternative dispute resolution mechanisms) may go at the expense of accuracy. Within this paper,...