Civil Liability in Europe for Terrorism-Related Risk

Lucas Bergkamp is a partner in Hunton and Williams LLP's Brussels office and heads the European Regulatory practice. His practice concentrates on regulatory issues, in particular environmental, health and safety, product regulation and related liability and transactional matters. He currently teaches the Masters of European Energy and Environmental Law at KU Leuven. Michael Faure is Professor of Comparative Private Law and Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Comparative and International Environmental Law at Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands. He serves also as Academic Director of the Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Legal Research (METRO). Monika Hinteregger is Professor of Civil Law at the Department of Civil Law, Foreign and International Private Law, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria. She has published abundantly on the topic of tort law and environmental liability. Niels Philipsen is Associate Professor in Law and Economics at Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands and serves as Vice-Director of the Maastricht European Institute for Transnational Legal Research (METRO).

Part I. International and EU Law: 1. Liability for terrorism-related risks under international law; 2. Liability for terrorism-related risk under EU law; Part II. Liability for Terrorism-Related Risk under Member State Law: 3. Civil liability systems of seven EU Member States; 4. Case studies; 5. Comparative analysis; Part III. Assessment of Liability for Terrorism-related Risk: 6. Insurance of terrorism-related risks; 7. Contracting for liability limitation; 8. Alternative systems for redressing terrorism-related risks; 9. Is liability for terrorism-related risk enterprise-threatening?; 10. Economic analysis of current liability for terrorism-related risk and alternatives; 11. Is there a role for the European Union?