State Liability for Breaches of European Law - An economic analysis

Bert Van Roosebeke analyses non-contractual state liability in the European Union. He explains differences in member states' breaching behaviour and presents the state liability doctrine as developed by the European Court of Justice in a number of cases. He shows that compliance is the true economic aim of state liability legislation and presents a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of both private and public law enforcement mechanisms. He finally formulates improvements to the rules of state liability.

Dr. Bert Van Roosebeke war Stipendiat des Graduiertenkollegs Recht und Ökonomie der Universität Hamburg. Er ist als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter beim Centrum für Europäische Politik der Stiftung für Ordungspolitik in Freiburg tätig.