Extinctive Prescription: On the Limitations of Actions

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-90-411-0029-0
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 420 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 767 g

Extinctive Prescription / On the Limitation of Actions contains sixteen national reports and the general report on the subject, written for the XIVth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, held from 31 July-August, 1994, in Athens, Greece. The volume deals with limitations of actions, or `extinctive prescription', as the subject is usually called in civil law jurisdictions. This is both a highly technical and a highly political topic. The book focuses on the political aspects of extinctive prescription; specifically, how long should prescription periods run, as of what event, interrupted by which circumstances, etc. The trend in modern legislation has been to shorten the periods of extinctive prescription. Recent occurrences in biology and medicine, however, have led to proposals to lengthen the limitation periods again. The reports discuss the situation in Europe, Latin America, and North America, and are especially interesting because of their comparative nature.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hondius, Frits

Hondius, Ewoud

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung