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Atiyah's Accidents, compensation, and the law.
- Title
- Atiyah's Accidents, compensation, and the law.
- Author
- Cane, Peter, 1950-
- Publication
- London : Butterworths, 1999.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Atiyah, P. S.
- Description
- xxviii, 435 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Since it was first published in 1970, Accidents, Compensation and the Law has been recognised as a classic treatment of the law relating to compensation for personal injuries. It discusses not only relevant legal rules, but also social, political and economic issues underlying the law, the practical operation of the tort system, and options for change. It uncovers many defects and anomalies in the legal treatment of the disabled, and seeks to explain their origins. It also examines the social and ethical concepts which underlie different compensation systems."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Law in context
- Uniform Title
- Law in context
- Alternative Title
- Accidents, compensation, and the law
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- pt. 1. The issues in perspective. Ch. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. The tort system in theory. Ch. 2. Fault as a basis of liability. Ch. 3. The scope of the tort of negligence. Ch. 4. Departures from the fault principle. Ch. 5. Causation and remoteness of damage. Ch. 6. Damages for personal injury and death. Ch. 7. An appraisal of the fault principle -- pt. 3. The tort system in operation. Ch. 8. Claims and claimants. Ch. 9. Defendants and insurers. Ch. 10. Trials and settlements -- pt. 4. Other compensation systems. Ch. 11. First party insurance. Ch. 12. Compensation for criminal injuries. Ch. 13. The social security system. Ch. 14. Other forms of assistance -- pt. 5. The overall picture. Ch. 15. A plethora of systems. Ch. 16. Natural and human causes. Ch. 17. The cost of compensation and who pays it. Ch. 18. The functions of compensation systems -- pt. 6. The future. Ch. 19. Accident compensation in the 21st century.
- ISBN
- 0406983828
- OCLC
- 40713913
- SCSB-10089202
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library