Overview
- Overarching analysis of tort liability and no-fault compensation as related to other shifts in compensation systems
- Brings together lawyers and economists from various jurisdictions thus providing a multidisciplinary approach to tort law and alternative instruments
Part of the book series: Tort and Insurance Law (TIL, volume 22)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introducing “Shifts in Compensation Between Private and Public Systems”
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About this book
Why have some legal systems abandoned tort law in some areas and replaced it with some form of no-fault compensation scheme or strict liability? What have been the effects? How should we evaluate these ‘shifts’? Why have they not been adopted in other countries?
These questions have been the focus of the “Shifts in Compensation” research project and this is the final volume in this series, addressing, on the one hand, the issues relating to ‘shifts’ in compensation systems at a more general level, and on the other hand, addressing shifts in particular domains. The papers examining the shifts at a more general level provide a framework for the analysis of the various shifts and explain the shifts towards an increasing use of strict liability and no-fault regimes. To what extent shifts in compensation can be explained by insurance markets and their relative flexibility is also dealt with. In addition, shifts in the specific areas of medical mishaps and disasters are also examined.
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Book Title: Shifts in Compensation between Private and Public Systems
Editors: Willem H. Boom, Michael Faure
Series Title: Tort and Insurance Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-71554-3
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Vienna 2007
Series ISSN: 1616-8623
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 246
Topics: Civil Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Law and Economics