Overview
Accidents often occur not only through the fault of the wrongdoer but also partly through the conduct of the injured party. This contributory conduct of the injured party and its consequences for the delictual liability of the wrongdoer have been central issues in the study of private law for centuries. In Contributory Negligence. A Historical and Comparative Study Van Dongen presents a detailed study of how from Antiquity to today the negligent behaviour of the injured party has influenced claims for damages based on delictual liability and how it evolved into the modern concept of contributory negligence. His research comprises a comparative legal study of the main current developments concerning the concept of contributory negligence in France, Germany and the Netherlands.
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Author: Emanuel van Dongen
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Martinus Nijhoff
Volume: 15/7
Weight: 0.890kg
ISBN: 9789004278714
ISBN 10: 9004278710
Pages: 478
Publication Date: 14 August 2014
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'Van Dongen [heeft] voor dit boek enorm veel werk [...] verzet in het zoeken en bestuderen van relevante bronnen over een lange periode in de geschiedenis. Vooral voor de middeleeuwen heeft hij daarbij veel meer gedaan dan normaal gesproken van een promovendus verwacht mag worden. Maar ook voor de recentere tijd is een bewonderenswaardig scala aan materiaal geraadpleegd en zo gemakkelijk toegankelijk gemaakt voor andere onderzoekers.' Tammo Wallinga, in: Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn THEMIS, 2016-1, p. 42-45. '[...] the book of van Dongen is the product of great effort to accomplish an ambitious and accurately designed historical and comparative research on the rules of contributory negligence. The outcome will be appreciated by both legal historians and comparatists who are interested in the history of private law and the evolution of delictual law.' Dmitry Poldnikov (Associate Professor of Legal History at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia), in: Journal on European History of Law, Vol. 5/2014, no. 2, p. 134-135.
'[...] il lavore recensito deve essere sicuramente apprezente perche dimostra un notevola impegno nella discussione delle fonti e della letteratura, e colma una lacuna negli studi storico-giuridici sul danno extracontrattuale.' Maria Floriana Cursi, in: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, 135. band 2018, pp. 818-830. 'Van Dongen [heeft] voor dit boek enorm veel werk [...] verzet in het zoeken en bestuderen van relevante bronnen over een lange periode in de geschiedenis. Vooral voor de middeleeuwen heeft hij daarbij veel meer gedaan dan normaal gesproken van een promovendus verwacht mag worden. Maar ook voor de recentere tijd is een bewonderenswaardig scala aan materiaal geraadpleegd en zo gemakkelijk toegankelijk gemaakt voor andere onderzoekers.' Tammo Wallinga, in: Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn THEMIS, 2016-1, p. 42-45. '[...] the book of van Dongen is the product of great effort to accomplish an ambitious and accurately designed historical and comparative research on the rules of contributory negligence. The outcome will be appreciated by both legal historians and comparatists who are interested in the history of private law and the evolution of delictual law.' Dmitry Poldnikov (Associate Professor of Legal History at Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia), in: Journal on European History of Law, Vol. 5/2014, no. 2, p. 134-135.
Author Information
Emanuel van Dongen, PhD (2013) in Law, Maastricht University, is an Assistant Professor at the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and Research Fellow at the Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law (UCALL). He has published previously on legal history, Roman law and contributory negligence.
