Exploring the Domain of Accident Law - Taking the Facts Seriously

Klappentext Exploring the Domain of Accident Law reviews the evidence on the efficacy of the tort system and its alternatives. By looking at empirical evidence in five major categories of accidents - automobile! medical malpractice! product-related accidents! environmental injuries! and workplace injuries - the authors evaluate the degree to which the tort system conforms to three normative goals: deterrence! corrective justice! and distributive justice. In each case! the authors review the deterrence and compensatory properties of the tort system! and then review parallel bodies of evidence on regulatory! penal! and compensatory alternatives. Most of the academic literature on the tort system has traditionally been doctrinal or! in recent years! highly theoretical. Very little of this literature provides an in-depth consideration of how the system works! and whether or not there are any feasible alternatives. Exploring the Domain of Accident Law contributes valuable new evidence to the tort law reform debate. It will be of interest to academic lawyers and economists! policy analysts! policy professionals in government and research organizations! and all those affected by tort law reform. Zusammenfassung This book reviews empirical evidence relating to five major categories of accidents; automobile accidents; medical malpractice; product related accidents; environmental injuries; and workplace injuries. The authors also offer recommendations for revisions in the tort system.

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• Authors: Don DeWees, Don (Professor of Economics and Law; Vice-Dean DeWees, Don Duff Dewees, Donald Duff Dewees, DeWees Don, David Duff, David (Economist Duff, Duff David, Michael Trebilcock, Michael (Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Economics Programme Trebilcock, Michael J. Trebilcock, Trebilcock Michael
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.01.1996
• EAN: 9780195087970
• ISBN: 978-0-19-508797-0
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, England, Wales, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / Torts, LAW / Litigation, LAW / Health, United States of America, USA, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts, Wales / Cymru