Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law
9th Edition
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- Authors:
- Peter Cane, Australian National University, Canberra
- James Goudkamp, University of Oxford
- Date Published: September 2018
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108431743
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Now in its ninth edition, Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law explores the recent and continuous developments in personal injury law by applying social context to the relevant legal principles. Those principles remain in need of radical reform. Updates to the text include discussion of the major changes to the way compensation is calculated and claimed, evolving funding arrangements for personal injury litigation, and dramatic shifts in the claims management industry. Suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in tort law, this new edition balances theory, practice and context. It draws on new legislation, research and case law to offer the reader thought-provoking examples and analysis.
Read more- Explains the basic concepts of personal injury law
- Takes account of the latest statistical and empirical data about the operation of accident compensation systems
- Examines complaints that Britain is in the grip of a compensation culture and that the tort system is out of control
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'Since the 1970s, Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law has provided an invaluable counter-narrative to mainstream tort scholarship and this new edition is no exception. The core critique, whilst familiar, is integrated with an updated analysis of the political, social and economic context in which the law, and the system that underpins it, operates. It remains a 'must read' for students.' Annette Morris, Cardiff University
See more reviews'As it has been from its first edition, this remains the definitive work on liability and compensation for accidental injury. The new editorial team (Goudkamp joining Cane) treads a careful path through the controversies surrounding the alleged 'compensation culture' but never shies from advancing its own, informed and persuasive perspective on the issues.' Ken Oliphant, Deputy Head of School, University of Bristol Law School
'This classic text has provided a continuing source of inspiration for my research and an essential accompaniment to my teaching for the past forty years. In revealing the wider context of tort law it brings the subject to life. Its critique of personal injury litigation remains as important as ever.' Richard Lewis, Cardiff University
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- Edition: 9th Edition
- Date Published: September 2018
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108431743
- length: 530 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 173 x 23 mm
- weight: 1.06kg
- contains: 4 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. The Issues in Perspective:
1. Introduction: surveying the field
Part II. The Tort System in Theory:
2. Fault as a basis of liability
3. The scope of the tort of negligence
4. Departures from the fault principle
5. Causation and remoteness of damage
6. Damages for personal injury and death
7. An appraisal of the fault principle
Part III. The Tort System in Operation:
8. Claims and claimants
9. Tortfeasors and insurers
10. Settlements and trials
Part IV. Other Compensation Systems:
11. First-party insurance
12. Compensation for criminal injuries
13. The social security system
14. Other forms of assistance
Part V. The Overall Picture:
15. A plethora of systems
16. The cost of compensation and who pays it
17. The functions of compensation systems
Part VI. The Future:
18. Accident compensation in the twenty-first century.
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