Financial compensation in case of catastrophes: a European law and economics perspective / Michael Faure -- On the justifications of strict liability / Israel Gilead -- Strict liability in the new Austrian draft on liability laws / Helmut Koziol -- Revisiting the grey zone between contract and tort: the role of estoppel and reliance in mapping out the law of obligations / Olivier Moréteau -- Rylands v Fletcher and the emergence of enterprise liability in the common law / Ken Oliphant -- The precautionary principle versus a general principle for compensation of victims of dangerous activities in Belgian law / Geneviève Schamps -- Reports -- Tort law in the Irish legal system / Denis N. Kelliher -- Portuguese tort law: a comparison with the principles of European tort law / André G. Dias Pereira.