Compensation for personal injury in English, German and Italian law :
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[Book]
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a comparative outline /
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Basil Markesinis [and others].
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New York, NY :
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Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xxxvi, 238 pages)
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Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Table of cases; Common law cases; German cases; Italian cases; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Preliminary observations; The problem of terms, concepts and language; The impact of history: juries, non-juries, academic writers; Levels of award: a first glance; Basic principles of tort law, especially to the extent that they affect compensation practice; Size of judiciary, volume of litigation, delays and cost.
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Cross-border claims for personal injuries are becoming more common. Furthermore, European nationals increasingly join class actions in the USA. These tendencies have created a need to know more about the law of damages in Europe and America. Despite the growing importance of this subject, there is a dearth of material available to practitioners to assist them in advising their clients as to the heads of damage recoverable in other countries. This book aims to fill that gap by looking at the law in England, Germany and Italy. The book's introduction sets out the raw data in the wider context of tort law. The final chapter provides a closer synthesis, largely concerned with methodological issues, and draws some comparative conclusions.
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Compensation for personal injury in English, German and Italian law.