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The edited volume explores the building blocks of the new EU Product Liability Directive. Offering normative and comparative perspectives, it examines its role within the broader legislative framework. The volume also looks specifically at its application to artificial intelligence. Rigorous and comprehensive, it is a magisterial overview of this transformational legislation.

Table of Contents

Part One: INTRODUCTION, Daniel On and Janwillem Oosterhuis, Maastricht University

Part Two: BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE NEW PRODUCT LIABILITY DIRECTIVE
1. The Product Liability Directive: Another Brick in the Wall
Gijs van Dijck, Professor, Maastricht University, Mindy Duffourc, Assistant professor Maastricht University and Ms Maria Breskaya, PhD student, Maastricht University
2. Liable entities, Valerio D'Alessandro, YUFE Post-doc in Private Law, Tor Vergata University of Rome
3. Defectiveness, Piotr Machnikowski, Professor, University of Wroclaw
4. Damage and Compensation, Lotte Meurkens, Assistant professor, Maastricht University and Marielène Wertenbroek, Research Assistant, Maastricht University
5. Causation, Francesco Zappatore, Post-doc, Università del Salento
6. Defences, Shu Li, Assistant professor of Law and Technology, University of Rotterdam
7. Temporal scope and time limits, Janwillem Oosterhuis, Assistant professor, Maastricht University

Part Three: AI LIABILITY AND THE PRODUCT LIABILITY DIRECTIVE
1. A computer science perspective on AI liability, Geronimos (Jerry) Spanakis, Assistant professor, Maastricht University
2. Reflections on the burden of proof in the Product Liability Directive and the AI Directive, Francesco Astone, Professor, University of Foggia
3. AI-Driven Medical Devices and Defectiveness under the Proposed Product Liability Directive, Mindy Duffourc, Assistant professor, Maastricht University
4. AI-powered medical devices and the development risk defense under the revised product liability directive, Andrea Parziale, Assistant Professor in tenure-track (RTT) of Comparative Private Law, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Part Four: COMPARATIVE VIEWS
1. Comparison with product liability law in the US, David Owen, Carolina Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, University of South Carolina and Karen Miller, former research associate
2. Comparison with product liability law in the UK, Duncan Fairgrieve, Professor, Université de Paris II and Senior Research Fellow and Director at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Part Five: NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES
1. A new product liability directive for a sustainable and circular economy, Caroline Cauffman, Associate professor, Maastricht University and visiting professor, University of Hasselt
2. Liable entities – Theoretical and empirical considerations, Gitta Veldt, Associate professor, Leiden University and Paul Verbruggen, Professor, Tilburg University
3. A Law and Economics Analysis of the New Product Liability Directive, Shu Li, Assistant professor of Law and Technology, University of Rotterdam and Michael Faure, Professor, Maastricht University and University of Rotterdam
4. Risk Society and the New Product Liability Directive: Navigating the Challenges of Modern Regulation, Fabio Addis, Professor, Università di Roma La Sapienza
5. Clarifying Ambiguities in the Product Liability Directive: A Framework for Consistent Interpretation, Deimante Rimkute, PhD student, Vilnius University and Visiting researcher, Maastricht University
6. Re-working the Product Liability Directive Through a Global Value Chain Lens, Anna Beckers, Professor, Maastricht University and Rebecca Ravalli, Post-doc, Maastricht University
7. The Distributive Justice Aims of the Product Liability Directive, Daniel On, Assistant professor, Maastricht University

Part Six: CONCLUSIONS, Caroline Cauffman, Daniel On and Janwillem Oosterhuis, Maastricht University

Product details

Published 07 Jan 2027
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 480
ISBN 9781509993437
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Caroline Cauffman

Caroline Cauffman is Associate Professor of Privat…

Anthology Editor

Alexandru-Daniel On

Alexandru-Daniel On is Assistant Professor, Maastr…

Anthology Editor

Janwillem Oosterhuis

Janwillem Oosterhuis is Assistant Professor, Maast…

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