Pisa 2015 – prof. Ewa Bagińska
Fundamental rights, tort law and the EU law
Cases:
Osman v. UK (28 October 1998) Case No 87/1997/871/1083
Rabone and another (Appellants) v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust (Respondent)
[2012] UKSC 2
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2012/2.html .
The judgment was followed by a decision of the ECtHR in the case of Reynolds v. UK.
ECtHR judg. 13 March 2012 (Application no. 2694/08)
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng-press/pages/search.aspx?i=001109544#{"itemid":["001-109544"]}
Required Reading (pdfs attached):
Ewa Bagińska, Chapter 20 Damages for the infringement of human rights: a comparative
analysis, in E. Bagińska (ed.), Damages for violations of human rights: a comparative stud,
Springer Verlag – in press
Nina Półtorak, Chapter 19 Action for damages in the case of infringement of fundamental
rights by the European Union, in E. Bagińska (ed.), Damages for violations of human
rights: a comparative stud, Springer Verlag – in press
Suggested literature:
1) Gerards, Janneke and Fleuren, Joseph. 2014. Implementation of the European
Convention on Human Rights and of the judgments of the ECtHR in national case-law. A
comparative analysis. ed. Gerards, Janneke and Fleuren, Joseph. Cambridge-AntwerpPortland: Intersentia.
2) Oliver, Dawn, Fedtke, Jőrg (eds). 2007. Human Rights and the Private Sphere - A
Comparative Analysis. London: Routledge Cavendish.
3) Rogers, Horton W.V. 2003. Tort law and human rights: a new experience. In European
Tort Law 2002, H. Koziol, B. Steininger (eds.). Wien/New York: Springer Verlag.
4) Zweigert K., Kötz H., An introduction to comparative law, Oxford 1998 – chapter 40
5) Koziol H., Basic questions of tort law from a Germanic perspective, Jan Sramek Verlag
KG Wien, 2012 downloadable at:
http://www.jan-sramek-verlag.at/Open-Access.463.0.html?buchID=134&cHash=8ca41c5e9e
Tort law provisions in English:
K Oliphant/BC Steininger, European Tort Law: Basic Texts, Jan Sramek Verlag 2011ISBN
978-3-902638-50-2 downloadable at:
http://www.jan-sramek-verlag.at/Buchdetails.427.0.html?&buchID=90&cHash=ae1d492a59
Principles of European Tort Law, Text and Commentary, Verlag Springer, Vienna 2005
von Bar C., Clive E., Schulte-Nölke H. i inni (eds), Principles, definitions, and model rules in
European private law: Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) (2009), Book VI – Noncontractual liability arising out of damage caused by another