Law in Context: Atiyah's Accidents, Compensation and the Law, 9th Edition

Author: Peter Cane
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108431743

Previous Edition ISBN: 9781107636323
Published In: August 2018
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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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.

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.