Damages for Breach of Contractual and Non Contractual Duty in Civil Law Damages for Breach of Contractual and Non Contractual Duty in Civil Law

Abstract

The publication deals with liability for non-performance of a contract and liability in tort. The new Civil Code provides for two different liability regimes depending on whether the wrongdoer and the victim entered into a contract (or similar obligation) or not.

The book strives to examine this important change in its complexity when emphasis in being put onto the theoretical, comparative and historical context.

Keywords

• contractual liability
• liability in tort
• compensation for loss
• pure economic loss