2nd Meeting and 2nd Academic Conference
of the World Tort Law Society
September
16 - 20, 2015, in Vienna, Austria
Organized by the
World Tort Law Society (WTLS)
In Collaboration with:
Research Center for Civil and Commercial Jurisprudence of Renmin
University of China; European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law (ECTIL); Institute
for European Tort Law (ETL), Austria
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Arrivals
European Centre of
Tort and Insurance Law and Institute of European Tort Law,
Reichsratsstrasse 17/2,
1010 Vienna
18:00 Meeting of the Executive Committee
Topics:
I.
Previous workprocedure and possibilities
for improvement
II.
Timetable for W 01 and W 02
19:30 Dinner (details to be advised)
Thursday, September 17, 2015
St.
Michael¡¯s Monastery, Summer Refectory, Habsburgergasse 12, 1010 Vienna
09:00 Working
Session Product Liability
around
10:45 ¨C 11:00 Coffee Break
Chair:
Jean-S¨¦bastien Borghetti
Introductory
Statement: Helmut Koziol
Topics:
I.
Reasons for strict liability
Warranty and reliance as
bases for strict Product Liability?
Enterprise liability as
a sufficient reason for strict Product Liability?
The interplay of the
criteria of dangerousness of industrial mass production, the idea of
supplementary liability and the idea of risk community as a sufficient bases
for strict Product Liability?
II. Defenses
Development risk
defence?
III. Scope
of application
Strict liability for
services?
Strict liability for
immovable?
Protection of the
innocent bystander?
12:30 Lunch
Break
13:45 Working Session Product Liability
Chair: SO Jae-Seon
15:45 End of the Working Session
Austrian Ministry of
Justice (Palais Trautson), Festive Hall, Museumstrasse 7, 1070 Vienna
16:30 Public
Conference: Product Liability
Chairs:
Mark Lunney and YANG Zhen
For the programme please see the the separate documentation that has
been provided previously .
19:30 End
of the Conference
19:30 Reception
Friday, September 18, 2015
St.
Michael¡¯s Monastery, Summer Refectory, Habsburgergasse 12, 1010 Vienna
09:00 Working
Session Road Traffic Accidents
around
10:45 ¨C 11:00 Coffee Break
Chair:
Bruce Feldthusen
Introductory
Remarks: Ernst Karner
Topics: Discussion of the
Questionnaire on Road Traffic Accidents
I.
Short overview
II. The various compensation systems
III. Interplay
of the compensation systems
IV. Prescription
V. International law of conflicts
VI. Data about accidents and claiming
VII. Assessment
of the current system and the need for reform
12:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Working Session Road Traffic Accidents
Chair: CHEN Jung-Lung
Topics:
Discussion of the Cases on Road Traffic Accidents
I.
Case 1 and its Variations
II. Case
2
III. Case
3 and its Variation
IV. Further
suggestions for Cases?
16:00 End of Working
Session
16:00 General Assembly
Chair:
Mike D. Green
Topic:
General Discussion regarding the future work of the WTLS
17:00 End
of the Meeting
18:45 Meet
at Hotel Regina
19:00 Dinner (details to be advised)
Saturday,
September 19, 2015
Full Day Excursion to the Wachau Valley
08:45 Meet at Hotel Regina
20:00 Back
at Hotel Regina
Sunday,
September 20, 2015
Departures
Optional for participants that have flights later on that
day:
Half Day Sightseeing in Vienna
08:45 Meet at Hotel Regina
12:00 End of Sightseeing Tour
Accommodation:
