In order to contribute to a better understanding of natural causation, which is a central concept in civil law, the present book offers a large collection of leading cases from 25 European countries and from the Court of Justice of the European Community. Each case is shortly summarised and commented on. Further, an important number of cases collected are resolved according to the recently published 'Principles of European Tort Law'.

Prof. Dr. Bénédict Winiger, University Geneva; Prof. Dr. Helmut Koziol, European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law; Prof. Dr. Bernhard A. Koch, Institut für Zivilrecht, Universität Austria; Prof. Dr. Reinhard Zimmermann, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisch