Applicable Law in Torts Under European Union Law and Albanian Conflict of Law Rules
[Thesis]
Gjapi, Mikela
Özel, Sibel
Marmara Universitesi (Turkey)
2019
97 p.
Master's
Marmara Universitesi (Turkey)
2019
The purpose of this thesis is to bring to light first the long road of the Rome II Regulation from its first steps going back to its historical background, adoption and enter into force. How Rome II Regulation affected European Union law, what changes brought to it, the scope of non-contractual obligations, freedom to choose the applicable law under Rome II Regulation. To go further with the concept of tort first as a concept under civil law, the law applicable to tort and the general rules as well as discovering different cases which have tort as their element and to end it up with tort as a concept under European Union law and more developed inside Rome II Regulation with its responsible articles. Deeper there are studied the European Union law concepts in order to make a comparision between Albanian conflicts of law which still is in its road of improving because of the historical background of Albania as a state which went through dictature for many years it makes it quite complex and challenging. The thesis consists in a research work, collecting information, going back in history, analyzing and comparing. The subject of this thesis is to know which law we apply in case of torts under European Union law and to compare it with Albanian conflict of law rules. The aim of this thesis is to see the differences between European Union law and non-European Union law.