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The Damages Lottery by Atiyah, P. S.
by Atiyah, P. S. | PB | Good
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- Binding
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- Weight
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- Product Group
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- ISBN
- 9781901362060
- Subject Area
- Law
- Publication Name
- Damages Lottery
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- Torts, Remedies & Damages, Contracts
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Item Weight
- 9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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A man slips on a dance floor and breaks his leg. He recovers damages. A child has both legs amputated as a result of meningitis and is awarded nothing. The law's justification for awarding damages in the first case is that the man's injury was the fault of someone else, while in the second case damages are denied because nobody was at fault. In this searching critique of the present law and practice relating to damages, Professor Patrick Atiyah shows that this system is in fact a lottery. He contends that the public are paying far too much for an unfair and inefficient insurance system and that reform is long overdue. His conclusion is that actions for damages for injuries should be abolished and replaced with a new no-fault road accident scheme, and actions for other injuries should be dealt with by individual or group insurance policies.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
190136206x
ISBN-13
9781901362060
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038501434
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Damages Lottery
Publication Year
1997
Subject
Torts, Remedies & Damages, Contracts
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Law
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
98-164503
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The case against the law of tort is made with Atiyahs usual scintillating clarity and in an entertainingly vigorous no-holds-barred styleAnyone looking for something to recommend to young people who are wondering whether they would find law interesting should look no further.John W. DaviesTort Law ReviewSeptember 2002This book is written in a style that means that no one need fear jargon or boredom. It is a short book and very cheap. I recommend it to anyone who is at all interested in its subject matterOne thing that the general reader may not know and the author cannot explain is his towering status. The fact that he has put his authority behind a radical reform of the systemought to encourage profound thought.Andrew Edis QCTimes Higher Education SupplementSeptember 2002Such readable and stimulating overviews of the social and intellectual effects of tort law are very welcomeTony WeirCambridge Law JournalFebruary 2003, "The case against the law of tort is made with Atiyahs usual scintillating clarity and in an entertainingly vigorous no-holds-barred style. Anyone looking for something to recommend to young people who are wondering whether they would find law interesting should look no further." -- Tort Law Review "This book is written in a style that means that no one need fear jargon or boredom. It is a short book and very cheap. I recommend it to anyone who is at all interested in its subject matter. One thing that the general reader may not know and the author cannot explain is his towering status. The fact that he has put his authority behind a radical reform of the systemought to encourage profound thought." -- Times Higher Education Supplement "Such readable and stimulating overviews of the social and intellectual effects of tort law are very welcome" -- Cambridge Law Journal, 'This book is written in a style that means that no one need fear jargon or boredom. It is a short book and very cheap. I recommend it to anyone who is at all interested in its subject matter...One thing that the general reader may not know and the author cannot explain is his towering status. The fact that he has put his authority behind a radical reform of the system...ought to encourage profound thought.' Andrew Edis QC writing in Times Higher Education Supplement September 2002. 'The case against the law of tort is made with Atiyah's usual scintillating clarity and in an entertainingly vigorous no-holds-barred style...Anyone looking for something to recommend to young people who are wondering whether they would find law interesting should look no further.' John W. Davies writing in Tort Law Review September 2002. 'Such readable and stimulating overviews of the social and intellectual effects of tort law are very welcome...' Tony Weir writing in Cambridge Law Journal February 2003.
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Kd1949.A84 1997
Table of Content
1. Suing for Damages 2. How the Law has been Stretched 3. More Stretching of the Law 4. Who Receives Damages? 5. Who Pays? 6. An Unjust and Inefficient System 7. Does the System have Non-Compensatory Benefits? 8. What Can we do About It?
Copyright Date
1997
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