Items related to Aggregation and Divisibility of Damage: v. 26 (Tort...

Aggregation and Divisibility of Damage: v. 26 (Tort and Insurance Law / Tort and Insurance Law - Yearbooks) - Hardcover

 
9783211922088: Aggregation and Divisibility of Damage: v. 26 (Tort and Insurance Law / Tort and Insurance Law - Yearbooks)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3211922083 ISBN 13: 9783211922088
Publisher: Springer Verlag GmbH, 2009

Synopsis

Whether the harm for which compensation is sought in an action in tort is regarded as a single indivisible loss or a plurality of losses can have a number of important ramifications for the law of tort, for example, in considering compensable damage, the apportionment of responsibility between multiple tortfeasors, and the application of limitation periods and (where they exist) caps and thresholds. These issues may have particular significance in the context of mass torts, and raise questions of private international law and civil procedure as well as substantive tort law. They are also of considerable practical importance for insurers. In this comparative study, country reports from twelve legal systems and special reports on private international law and insurance provide an insight into the interaction of tort law, civil procedure, and insurance in this hitherto largely neglected area of legal science.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Editor: Ken Oliphant Authors: Ernst Karner, Olaf Riss, Andreas Bloch Ehlers, Suzanne Galand-Carval, Gerhard Wagner ,Ken Oliphant, Attila Menyhard, Israel Gilead, Alberto Monti, Ewa Baginska, Albert Ruda Gonzales, Josep Sole Feliu, Michael D. Green, Brooks M. Hanner, Thomas Thiede, Richard Lewis, Attila Fenyves, Christian Lahnstein, Marlene Steininger

From the Back Cover

Whether the harm for which compensation is sought in an action in tort is regarded as a single indivisible loss or a plurality of losses can have a number of important ramifications for the law of tort, for example, in considering compensable damage, the apportionment of responsibility between multiple tortfeasors, and the application of limitation periods and (where they exist) caps and thresholds. These issues may have particular significance in the context of mass torts, and raise questions of private international law and civil procedure as well as substantive tort law. They are also of considerable practical importance for insurers.In this comparative study, country reports from twelve legal systems and special reports on private international law and insurance provide an insight into the interaction of tort law, civil procedure, and insurance in this hitherto largely neglected area of legal science.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3211922083
ISBN 13 
9783211922088
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
580
Editor
Oliphant Ken