Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law (Law in Context)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 9, 9/13/2018
EAN 9781108431743, ISBN10: 1108431747
Paperback, 530 pages, 21.8 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm
Language: English
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.
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.