Research On Defense Reasons Of Product Liability

A bs t ra c t： The d efe n s e in p ro d u ct lia b ili t y c la im is a n in d is p e n sa b le p a rt to b uild ac o mpl e te pr o d uc t lia b ili t y the o ry. Th e r e we re ma n y p a p e rs a n a ly zin g th e p rod u c tlia b ilit y th e o r y fro m th e vie w o f co n stit u t iv e re q ui r e me n ts and p rin c ipl e of imp u tat io n.How eve r, less p ap er di s c u s s ed th e d e fen se fro m the o ffe nd e r p art. Ba s in g o n the stu d yo f C hin a ’s p ro d uc t lia b ilit y d efe n s e, th is p a pe r fo cu se d on th e Un it e d St a te s p rod uc tlia b ili t y d e fe ns e, a n d ma de a C om p ara t iv e a naly s is of the re leva n t p ro v is io ns in th eUn it e d S ta te s, Eu rop ean Un io n a n d Ja p a n. Fu r th e r mo re, th e p a p e r pu ts for w a rd so mev ie w s o n the c o nst ruc t io n o f p ro d u c t lia b ilit y d e fen se in C hin a acc o rd in g to o u rn a tio na l c on d it ion s and the e xis t in g pr o du ct liabi li t y la w.Th e p a p e r wa s d iv id e d in to six pa rts. Th e fir s t p a rt wa s summa r ize d in tr o d uc tio no f g e ne ra l b ack gr o u n d in for ma t io n, the d e fin it io n o f b a s ic c on c ept s, lit era t u re rev ie w,re se a r ch me th o ds a n d in n o va tio n s. In th e se c o n d p art， th e pa p e r a nalyz e d a s ta t e me n to f th e b a s ic th e o ry to th e co un t e rp le a and p ro d uct lia b ili t y de fe ns e. The th ird p a rt wa smo st imp o rt a n t in thi s p a pe r. It d isc us s ed C hina p rod u c t lia b ili t y de fe ns e, a nd itsth e o re t ic a l di ffe re n c e s. Th e fo u rth p a rt wa s ab ou t th e late s t th eo re t ic a l d e v e lo pm e n to n the p ro du c t lia b ili t y, It de n ie d th e d e ve lo p me n t ris k d e fe n se, b a sin g o n th ele g is la t io ns t of p rod u c t fo llo w-u p ob se rv a tio n a nd th e the o ret ica l d iffe r en c e s o fd e v elop me n t ris k. The f if th p a rt wa s a b o ut d e fens e o f p rod uc t lia b ili t y in d eve lo p e dc o u nt rie s. It int r o d uc e d the Un it e d S ta tes p ro d uc t liab ili t y as a k e y p oi n t, fo llo we d b yth e re la t e d p rov is io ns in th e Eu ro p e a n Uni o n a nd Ja pa n， to b uild a co mp le te p rod u c tlia bi li t y th e or y rese a r c h sys te m b o th a t ho me and a b roa d. Th e six th pa rt was th ep e rfe c t ion o f d e fe n se to p ro d uc t lia bi li t y in C hin a. It d isc lo se d th e de ficie n c ie s o fp ro d uc t liab ilit y d e fe n se in C hina thr o u gh th e co mpa ra tiv e stu dy. O n th e b a sis a b ov e,it mad e som e sug g e s tio ns b y pe rfec t in g the p h ys ic al an d h u ma n d efe n s es o nimp r o v in g th e rele v a n t p ro vi s io ns a nd e nh a n c in g th e op e ra bi lit y. In th e la st, it ma d e ac o nc lu di n g stat e me n t a b o ut the c o nt e nt s of fiv e pa rts a bo v e.