| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 342 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Notes |
"This book presents a collection of papers from a conference entitled 'Compensation Culture--Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century' held at the University of Limerick on 23-24 May 2014"--Introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Personal injuries -- Congresses.
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Damages -- Congresses.
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Compensation (Law) -- Congresses.
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Torts -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Quill, Eoin, editor
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Friel, Raymond, editor
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| ISBN |
9781509902040 (electronic bk.) |
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150990204X (electronic bk.) |
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