Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the main foreseeable consequences of Dieselgate in the perspective of private and consumer law. The analysis takes into account the remedies and the taxonomy of the liabilities involved. The choice between individual and collective redress leads to the discussion about class action application in the different countries. The issue of the certification of class by judges is considered with examples taken from Brazilian and Italian cases. In conclusion the author reviews some lessons that can be learned from a case that crosses the line between regulation and enforcement, individuals’ rights and public interest.
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About the ethical issues in software programming: Balbir (2016).
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Carvalho (2016).
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Goel (2015).
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Bovens (2016).
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Miravete et al. (2015).
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Terry-Armstrong (2016).
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“Our results show that health costs in Europe and USA combined are an estimated 5.3 times larger than the 7.3 billion US dollars that Volkswagen Group has set aside to cover worldwide costs related to the diesel emissions scandal” Oldenkamp et al. (2016).
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A case study of the scandal can be found in Blackwelder et al. (2016).
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Zalupca (2015).
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For an analysis of the 2.0 TDI motor settlement, check in this book MacDougald J, Chapter “United States of America”, Sect. 3.3.
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Talha Khan (2016).
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This scandal broke German perspective; see in this book Schmid C, Chapter “Germany”, Sect. 3.
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For the remedies available in the French “Code de la Consommation,” see in this book Posocco L, France, Sect. 3.3.
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Caponi (2016).
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On the importance, and the complexity, to calculate the emission during the car lifetime cycle: Viñoles-Cebolla et al. (2015).
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Gidi (2003).
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Johnson (2015).
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Dallmann and Façanha (2016).
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Brand (2016).
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Zhou (2016).
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Fracarolli Nunes and Lee Park (2016).
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Pedrazzi, G. (2017). Civil and Consumer Law. In: Frigessi di Rattalma, M. (eds) The Dieselgate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48323-8_6
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