CONTENIDO
Introduction
Chapter 1. Toward a Reconstrudion of Strict Liability Law through Colombia n Jurisprudence
Preliminary eonsiderations
The legislative formula of article 2356 ofthe Colombian Civil Code
and its jurisprudential interpretation
Characterization of hazardous aetivities and its effeets for the attribution
of liability in the jurisprudential interpretation of artiele 2356
ofthe Colombian Civil Code
Striet liability for risk through an examination ofColombianjurisprudence
Hazardous aetivities and striet liability for injury: the potential for injury
Hazardous aetivities and the use of presumptions
in Colombian jurisprudence
Final eonsiderations
Chapter 2. Presumptions in the Context of Civil Responsibility and their Application in Colombian
Jurisprudence
Preliminary eonsiderations
Civilliability derived from dangerous aetivities in Colombia
Foundation and definition
Evolution of liability derived from dangerous aetivities in Colombia
Presumptions and their treatment in the Colombian legal system
Legal nature
Classification of presumptions
Presumptions in the eontext of civil 1 iability
The presumption of liability
The presumption of fault
Strict liability
Evidentiary activity in the context of liability for dangerous activities
Effects ofthe presumption of article 2356 ofthe Civil Code
Altematives to proving liability for hazardous activities
in the General Procedure Code
Final considerations
Chapter 3. The method to transfer ownership of merchandise in international trade
Preface and panormna
The intemational trend
Closing refiections
Chapter 4. European law of civil liability
The paradigms of European law of civil liability
The Italian evolution offault-based and faultless liability in
European harmonization projects
The impact of the PETL and CFR in the Italian legal framework
Closing Refiections
Chapter 5. The right to withdrawal due to breach of contract in European
and South American civil codes
Preliminary considerations
Withdrawal from contract for breach
Withdrawal of contract in general
Conventional withdrawal
Legislative withdrawal
Toward witbdrawal within tbe framework ofthe general theory of contract
Concluding remarks
General conclusions
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