Subjects:

Tort Law

Contents:

Preface. Medical Liability in Dutch Law

E.H. Hondius. Medical Liability in Japanese Law

Y. Nomi. Euthanasia in the Netherlands

a Centrifugal Movement

C. Kelk. Grounds and Necessary Conditions for the Legalization of Euthanasia: Comparative Approach of Legal Theory Regarding Euthanasia between Japan and the Netherlands

T. Tsuchimoto. Dealing with Traffic Accidents

J.F. Bruinsma. Traffic Accidents in Japan: Law and Civil Dispute Resolution

S. Ota. Traffic Liability in the Netherlands

A.M. Hol. The Penal Control of Traffic Accidents in Japan

M. Murayama. Product Liability in the Netherlands: a European Experience

L. Dommering-van Rongen. Some Trends in Recovery of Soil Clean-Up Costs and Damages for Personal Injury in Europe

G. Betlem, M. Faure. Environmental Liability in Japan

A. Morishima. The State Reparation Law

K. Uga. Dilemma of Modernization, Dilemma of Japanization

R. Hirano. Proportionality in Tort and Contract Law

Y. Nomi. The Dutch Civil Code Revisited/the First Five Years

E.H. Hondius. Modern Trends in Tort Law

T. Koopmans. Summary of the Discussion during the Second Japanese-Dutch Law Symposium: 'Modern Trends in Tort Law'. Curricula Vitae. List of Participants.

This work contains the proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Dutch-Japanese Law, which took place at the University of Utrecht in August 1996. The doctrine of tort law was chosen as the central theme for this conference.;The meaning of tort law has been extended to such a degree that socially accepted responsibilities are attributed to specifically determined natural and legal persons. This book elaborates on various trends in tort law, such as medical liability, traffic liability, product liability, and environmental liability.;A comparison with the Japanese legal system provides interesting insights into this particular issue, because the Japanese system is of a dualistic nature. By studying the development of the law in both Japan and the Netherlands, existing links are strengthened and new contacts between Dutch and Japanese academic lawyers are established.