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On the Degree of Codification of the Tort Liability Law

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In recent years, there have been heated discussions in the Chinese legal field on the legislation of tort law, a constitutive part of the civil code, and certain consensus has been achieved.

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  1. 1.

    Zhang (2001).

  2. 2.

    Christian Von Bar (2001).

  3. 3.

    Id., 359.

  4. 4.

    Id., 321.

  5. 5.

    Xu (2002).

  6. 6.

    Id.

  7. 7.

    Yang (2002).

  8. 8.

    Article 107 is followed by article 107a, article 193 is followed by article 193a, and article 194 is followed by article 1994a.

  9. 9.

    Zhang (2003).

  10. 10.

    Id., 198.

  11. 11.

    Article 6 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of Some Issues concerning the Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Compensation for Personal Injury stipulates that “Where a natural person, legal person or any other organization who engages in the business of hotel, catering or entertainment, etc. or carries out other social activities, fails to perform the security guaranty obligation within a reasonable scope, and thus causes any other person to suffer from a personal injury, and the obligee to compensation claims against the obligor for bearing corresponding compensation liabilities, the people's court shall support such claim.” However, the author believes that liable parties shall be limited in operator, while the scope of obligation shall be limited in the place of operation. See Zhang and Qinglin (2003).

  12. 12.

    Christian Von Bar (2001, 142–144).

  13. 13.

    Zhang (2001).

  14. 14.

    See article 1080 of the Civil Code of Russian Federation, 2055 of the Italian Civil Code, and article 50(3) of the Swiss Code of Obligations.

  15. 15.

    See article 51 of the Swiss Code of Obligations.

  16. 16.

    See article 6 and 7 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of Some Issues concerning the Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Compensation for Personal Injury, and article 1384(4) and (7) of the French Civil Code.

  17. 17.

    See article 714 and 715 of the Civil Law of Japan, and article 2052 of the Italian Civil Code.

  18. 18.

    Article 7 and 8 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of Some Issues concerning the Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Compensation for Personal Injury stipulates employer liability and legal person liability respectively, but whether there shall be such stipulations are argumentative.

  19. 19.

    See article 718 of the Civil Law of Japan.

  20. 20.

    See article 2054 of the Italian Civil Code.

  21. 21.

    See article 2053 of the Italian Civil Code.

  22. 22.

    See article 16 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of Some Issues concerning the Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Compensation for Personal Injury.

  23. 23.

    See article 717 of the Civil Law of Japan.

  24. 24.

    Article 4(4) of the Some Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Evidence in Civil Procedures stipulates that “In an infringement action of damages caused by the collapse, breaking off or falling of a building or other facilities and the thing that is laid or hung on the building, the owner of administrator of the building shall be responsible for producing evidences”.

  25. 25.

    Wang (1993).

  26. 26.

    See article 10 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court of Some Issues concerning the Application of Law for the Trial of Cases on Compensation for Personal Injury.

  27. 27.

    Article 4(8) of the Some Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on Evidence in Civil Procedures stipulates that “In an infringement action of damages caused by medical acts, the medical institution shall be responsible for producing evidences to prove that there is no causal relationship between the medical act and the harmful consequences or it is not at fault.”

  28. 28.

    See article 2229 of the Italian Civil Code, article 2031 of the Ethiopia Civil Code, and article 1299–1300 of the Austria Civil Code.

  29. 29.

    Yang (2004).

  30. 30.

    Christian Von Bar (2001).

  31. 31.

    Bussani et al. (2005).

  32. 32.

    See Article 8 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Problems regarding the Ascertainment of Compensation Liability for Emotional Damages in Civil Torts.

  33. 33.

    See article 711 of the Civil Law of Japan.

  34. 34.

    According to article 62(3) of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China and article 7(2) of the Legislation Law of the People’s Republic of China, the right of enacting and amending the basic laws on civil matters belongs to the National People’s Congress. According to article 8(8) of the Legislation Law of the People’s Republic of China, the basic system of civil matters shall only be governed by laws.

  35. 35.

    See article 32 of the Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People’s Republic of China.

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Zhang, X. (2018). On the Degree of Codification of the Tort Liability Law. In: Legislation of Tort Liability Law in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6961-1_8

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