European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law

Finally, the present isolated tort law regulations, which are at times themselves contradictory, require a uniform concept from the European Union.

The topics range from fundamental questions, e.g. non-pecuniary or pure economic loss, to the relationship between tort law and related schemes such as liability insurance or social security, from several studies in the health-care sector to compensation for victims of terrorism.

Due to the international nature of the research undertaken by ECTIL, close bonds have been formed with both academics and practitioners whose contributions are vital to the study of the respective legal system.

ECTIL and ETL have thereby established a think tank of more than 160 researchers in over 40 countries, including all jurisdictions of the European Union, as well as Norway, Switzerland, Israel, South Africa, Japan and the United States of America.

Experts from all over Europe present the highlights of their contributions to the European Tort Law Yearbook, which is published after each conference.