Grynai ekonominių nuostolių (pure economic loss) atlyginimas: lyginamieji aspektai /

The thesis ‘Recovery of Pure Economic Loss: Comparative Aspects’ provides a comparative analysis of recovery possibilities of pure economic loss in six different countries, namely the USA, England, Germany, Austria, France and Lithuania, that belong to different legal families and inherit distinct tort law traditions. In most of the countries pure economic loss define economic nature loss of third parties that are experienced in the case of the tort of other persons. The objective of investigation is to evaluate legal rationality of each regulatory system and to estimate which one of them causes least practical problems. In addition, as the position of Lithuania has not yet been settled, the author of the thesis proposes possible directions of the regulation of recovery of pure economic loss by analyzing legal basis of Lithuanian laws. The research consists of three parts each of them dealing with different aspects of the problem. First of all, the concept of pure economic loss is analyzed by trying to define the archetypical features of the mentioned loss and to expose the summarized topics that are discussed in doctrine and courts. The second part of the thesis covers historical investigation of the protection of economic interests and comparative analysis of legal regulation and jurisprudence of recovery of pure economic loss in six mentioned countries. Additionally, at the end of this part the author discusses the possibilities of harmonization of the countries positions for recovery of pure economic loss. The third part comprises the full scale analysis of three mainly common categories of cases that raise question of possibility to recover the mentioned kind loss. To be more precise, this part reviews situations of negligent audit, defective products and cut off of energy. The thesis is mostly prepared by referring to the works of comparative tort law scholars, namely J. Spier, H. Koziol, E. K. Banakas, and W. H. van Boom.

Grantor dc:publisher

Institutional Repository of Vilnius University

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Štuikytė, Simona,

Contributors dc:contributor

• Mizaras, Vytautas

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Language dc:language

lit

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.vu.lt/VU:ELABAETD1999152&prefLang=en_US

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vu.lt:elaba:1999152