BOOK REVIEW: Leo BOONZAIER on State liability and the law: a historical and comparative analysis by Bartłomiej Wróblewski (Comparative Legal History, XIII (2025), nr. 2 (December), pp. 366-372)

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This book, authored by Bartłomiej Wróblewski, an Assistant Professor at SWPS University, Poznań, is a stimulating contribution to our understanding of the liability of public authorities in Europe. It was first published in Polish in 2011 by CH Beck and has now been translated into highly readable English by Gwidon Naskrent, with revisions by Stephen Dersley. The author tells us, mysteriously, that ‘some changes have been made’ for the English edition. It appeared in spring 2023 as the second title in Routledge’s new Studies in Comparative Legal History series. The author has written two previous books on closely related topics in German and Polish, respectively. The volume under review consolidates the results of this research and makes them available to English readers for the first time. 

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DOI: 10.1080/2049677X.2025.2580105