Managing uncertainty from the perspective of the law on product safety and product liability (product compliance) (C08*)

• Subject Area: Principles of Law and Jurisprudence
• Term: from 2017 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 57157498

This sub-project explores the legal requirements that should be placed on innovative load-bearing systems, particularly those with the capability to alter themselves independently. In addition to this, the sub-project will investigate whether independently changing systems and also resilient technical products fit, in their development and manufacture, into the legal framework that has applied until now, or whether gaps in liability arise - conceptual solutions for which will then also be addressed by the subproject. Furthermore the subproject will also explore the question of whether the applicable guidelines for product safety should be extended to include security against sabotage.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 805: Control of Uncertainties in Load Carrying Systems in Mechanical Engineering
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Janine Wendt