Comparative medical liability in Europe

Abstract

A considerable part of the comparative work by Professor Hans Stoll is - and in the future hopefully will be - taken up by questions of liability. Comparative law has had a major impact on the development of liability law in many countries. More recently, comparative law has also played a role in paving the way for harmonisation of liability law. In this essay, I want to explore the contribution of comparative law to the harmonisation of one particular area of liability law, e.g. medical liability.