Damages and compensation culture : comparative perspectives /: comparative perspectives. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Eoin Quill and Raymond J. Friel.
• Editors: Quill, Eoin; Friel, Raymond
• Other Names: "Compensation Culture--Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century" (Conference)
• Contents: 'The whiplash capital of the world' : genealogy of a compensation myth / Ken Oliphant -- Structural factors affecting the number and cost of personal injury claims in the tort system / Richard Lewis -- A reflexive approach to accident law reform / Erik S. Knutsen -- Reforming English tort law : lessons from Australia / James Goudkamp -- Non-pecuniary damages for personal injury : a reflection on the Canadian experience / Jeff Berryman -- Identifying and calculating personal injury damages in Ireland, Italy, France, and Belgium : recent debates between scholars, judges, and practitioners / Denise Amram -- Deconstructing policy on costs and the compensation culture / Annette Morris -- Personal injuries assessment board : a decade of delivery? / Dorothea Dowling -- An overview of the role of medical panels in Victorian legislation / Dr. Carol A. Newlands -- Concurrent fault at 90 : a history of Ontario's Negligence Act and Canada's Uniform Contributory Fault Act / John C Kleefeld -- Individualism and autonomy in occupiers liability and compensation culture / Desmond Ryan -- Compensation culture and sport / Tim O'Connor.
• Publisher Details: London : Hart Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (360 pages)
• Subjects: 346.03; Law -- Torts; Personal injuries -- Congresses; Damages -- Congresses; Compensation (Law) -- Congresses; Torts -- Social aspects -- Congresses; Private / Civil law: general works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781509902057; 1509902058
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