Scotland as a Proper Setting, Introduction&Dennis Campbell

The Nature of the Inquiry

The International Sale of Goods

The Law of the European Communities

Products Liability

Footnotes

The Hypothetical Transaction, 1983

Existing Protection Against "Defective"Products - Here and Abroad&J. Adams

Introduction

History of Product Victim's Protection

The Extent of Protection

Strict Product Liability: The American "Defect" Doctrine

Conclusion

Footnotes

The Problem of Economic Loss and Products Liability&J.W.G. Blackie

The Nature of the Problem

The United Kingdom and Commonwealth Case Law

The American Case Law

Concluding Observations

Footnotes

Recent Developments of Products Liability Law in Europe and Nearby&Willibald Posch

Introduction

The Starting Point

The Legislative Field - Much Projected, Little Accomplished

The Unification of Products Liability in Europe: Its Scope and Present State

The Israeli Defective Products Liability Act of 1980

Products Liability in National Case Law: Austria, Germany, France

Conclusion

Footnotes

Annex Ⅰ-Ⅳ

The 1980 Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods and the UCC - Peaceful Coexistence?&Claude D. Rohwer and Jack J. Coe, Jr.

Introduction

Complex Federalism and the Unification of Domestic Commercial Law

The Scope of Displacement

Different Approaches to a Common Problem - Disparate Forms

Unconscionability - A Prerogative Retained by Domestic Law

Performance and Remedies

Conclusion

Notes

Appendix

Annex Ⅰ-Ⅱ

Parent and Subsidiary Companies under European Community Competition Law&Wahe H. Balekjian

Nature and Objectives of Community Competition Law

The Concept of "Undertaking" for the Purpose of Community Competition Law

The Nature of Parent/Subsidiary Relationships

The Practice of the Commission and the ECJ

Extra-territorial Implications of Community Competition Law in its Application to Parent/-Subsidiary Links

Conclusions

Notes

Appendix

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