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Internationale Produkthaftung

Internationale Produkthaftung Book Review INTERNATIONALE PRODUKTHAFTUNG. By Manfred Wandt. Heidelberg: Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, 1995. Pp. 597. Reviewed by Loukas A. Mistelis* "As moth is drawn to the light, so is a litigant drawn to the United States. If he can only get his case into their courts, he stands to win a fortune." In the 1970s and 1980s legal issues of products liability attracted the interest of comparativists and conflict lawyers both in academia and in practice in Europe, while in the United States, where th e law of products liability started its life, th e discus­ sion ha d already focused on th e so-called "crisis of products liability." The reasons for such widespread interest lies in th e great social and economic importance of the subject matter and legislative proceed­ ings which were under way, not only in th e then European Commu­ nity, but also in the national levels and were to provide statutory provisions for both the domestic and international cases. In the 1990s, after the great success of th e EC Directive which harmonized th e diverse products liability rules of th e member states, a new se­ ries of writing s ha s been http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Comparative Law Oxford University Press

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© 1999 by The American Society of Comparative Law, Inc.
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0002-919X
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2326-9197
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Book Review INTERNATIONALE PRODUKTHAFTUNG. By Manfred Wandt. Heidelberg: Verlag Recht und Wirtschaft, 1995. Pp. 597. Reviewed by Loukas A. Mistelis* "As moth is drawn to the light, so is a litigant drawn to the United States. If he can only get his case into their courts, he stands to win a fortune." In the 1970s and 1980s legal issues of products liability attracted the interest of comparativists and conflict lawyers both in academia and in practice in Europe, while in the United States, where th e law of products liability started its life, th e discus­ sion ha d already focused on th e so-called "crisis of products liability." The reasons for such widespread interest lies in th e great social and economic importance of the subject matter and legislative proceed­ ings which were under way, not only in th e then European Commu­ nity, but also in the national levels and were to provide statutory provisions for both the domestic and international cases. In the 1990s, after the great success of th e EC Directive which harmonized th e diverse products liability rules of th e member states, a new se­ ries of writing s ha s been

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