!!!Haftpflicht

Liability, central concept of the law of damages; obligation of a 
person other than the claimant to compensate for damages depending on 
the specific circumstances. There are two major types of liabilities: 
liability for default (tortious liability), as laid down in the  
Allgemeines Buergerliches Gesetzbuch, and absolute liability, as laid 
down in various specific laws (e.g. operation of trains and 
automobiles, aviation, atomic energy, pipes, mining, forestry). In 
cases where absolute liability applies, the perpetrator of a permitted 
but objectively dangerous action has to compensate for damages arising 
from such action even if it was through no fault of his/her own. In 
many cases taking out a liability insurance policy is compulsory to 
assure compensation for damages.

!Literature
H. Koziol, Haftpflichtrecht, %%sup 2/%1980.


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