Review article

https://doi.org/10.32984/gapzh.10.1.2

Causation As an Assumption of Liability for Damages in the European National Legal Systems, the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights

Maja Bukovac Puvača orcid.org/0000-0003-3266-2108 ; aculty of Law, University of Rijeka
Gabrijela Mihelčić ; of Law, University of Rijeka
Maša Marochini Zrinski orcid.org/0000-0002-8441-2277 ; of Law, University of Rijeka

Abstract

In the paper, the authors first outline some common features of an approach to causation as an assumption of liability for damages in the national tort law systems of Member States. These common features are the lack of common rules related to causation, the differentiation between two levels of causation (factual and legal), and leaving the definition of the concept of causation, and presumptions for its existence and scope to case law. The authors go on to present some of the decisions of the Court of Justice of the EU related to causation, as well as its opinions in references for preliminary rulings submitted by national courts. The decisions regard the liability of the Union, while references for preliminary ruling deal with causation in decisions on the State liability, liability for damage caused by a violation of competition law and liability for damage caused by a defective product). Finally, specific causation is analysed
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focusing on the existence of harmful effects (influences) and the violation of the protected Convention rights taking into consideration what the state has done or should have done. This is analysed on the basis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights whose aim is to protect a certain right under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. In conclusion, after reviewing the fundamental features of causation on all three levels of European Union tort law, the authors analyse the impact of the Court of Justice of the EU and the European Court of Human Rights on causation as a presumption of liability for damages in national legal systems.

Keywords

liability for damage; causation; factual causation; legal causation; unlawfulness; Court of Justice of the EU; European Court of Human Right

Hrčak ID:

222941

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/222941

Publication date:

18.7.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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