Comparative Study on the Liability for Harm Caused by Animals between China and America

Abstract

Along with the rapid development of social economy and gradual increase of people’s living standard, here come more and more pets living with human. Since the amount of domestic animals increases, the time and frequency that people spend with animals in also increase. We can see the same increasing tendency of relevant cases. The promulgation of Tort Liability Law of People’s Republic of China leads the development of tort liability law for domestic animals to a new stage. But there still exist blank fields. This paper refers to the Restatement (Second) of Torts. According to different law cultures and regulations in the two countries, comparison on the tort liability laws for animals between China and America would be made in this paper, mainly including animals’ legal status, dangerous propensities, concept of keeper and the judgment of causality.