Unexpected Consequences of Compensation Law

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This book explores the performance of compensation law in addressing the needs of the injured. Compensation procedure can be dangerous to your health and may fail to compensate without aggravation/creating other problems. This book takes a refreshing and insightful approach to the law of compensation considering, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the actual effect of compensation law on people seeking compensation. Tort law, workers’ compensation, medical law, industrial injury law and other schemes are examined and unintended consequences for injured people are considered. These include ongoing physical and mental illness, failure to rehabilitate, the impact on social security entitlements, medical care as well as the impact on those who serve – the lawyers, administrators, medical practitioners etc. All are explored in this timely and fascinating book. The contributors include lawyers, psychologists, and medical practitioners from multiple jurisdictions including Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Italy and the UK.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-24
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Hart Studies in Private Law
Antal sidor:308
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781509943678

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Mer om författaren

Prue Vines is Co-Director of the Private Law Research and Policy Group at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales. Arno Akkermans is Director of the Amsterdam Law and Behaviour Institute at the Vrjie University, Amsterdam.

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An informative, well-rounded and thought-provoking read that illuminates contemporary issues in compensation law … this book adds meaningful discourse to the significant discussion and debate on this topic.

Innehållsförteckning

PART IINTRODUCTION 1. An Overview of Some Unexpected Consequences of Compensation Law Prue Vines and Arno AkkermansPART IIAN AGENDA FOR CHANGE? SOME CURRENT SHORTCOMINGS OF PERSONAL INJURY COMPENSATION SYSTEMS2. Achieving Justice in Personal Injury Compensation: The Need to Addressthe Emotional Dimensions of Suffering a Wrong Arno Akkermans3. Compensation and Health Ian Cameron4. Apples, Oranges and Bananas: Comparative Studies in Australian Workers’ Compensation Systems Alex Collie5. Workers’ Compensation in Canada: Experiences of Precariously Employed Workers in the Return to Work Process after Injury Katherine Lippel, Ellen MacEachen and Sonja Senthanar6. Safe as Houses? Lump Sum Dissipation and Housing Kylie Burns and Ros Harrington7. Achieving a Just Culture that Learns and Improves Christopher HodgesPART IIIAPOLOGIES8. An Incentive-based Approach to Apologies and Compensation Nicola Brutti9. Compensation for Intangible Loss: A Closer Look at the Remedial Function of Apologies Robyn CarrollPART IVRESPONSIBILITIES OF LAWYERS10. Exploring the Dynamics of Legal Service Use in Compensation SystemsClare E Scollay11. Addressing the Problems of Lump Sum Compensation Dissipation and Social Security Denial: The Lawyer Contribution Prue Vines12. Lawyers’ Responsibility for Claimant Health in Injury Compensation Schemes: Developing an Ethical Response Genevieve Grant and Christine Parker13. The ‘Lawyer was an Angel’: New Zealand and American Patients’ and Family Members’ Experiences of the Role of Lawyers in ‘Resolution’ Processes after Medical Injuries Jennifer Schulz Moore