Psychiatric Injury
A Comparative Legal Study
Seiten
2001
Informa Healthcare (Verlag)
978-1-84311-016-3 (ISBN)
Informa Healthcare (Verlag)
978-1-84311-016-3 (ISBN)
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The recovery of damages for psychiatric injury is a complex area of personal injury law. Looking at the French, English, German and Dutch law, this report studies the question to what extent negligently inflicted psychiatric injury qualifies for damages within the west European legal systems.
The recovery of damages for psychiatric injury is a complex area of personal injury law. The difficulties that arise relate to identifying the precise harm to be expressed in a way that enables a lawyer to reach a view on negligence and then arrive at a reasonable figure for compensation. This report studies the question to what extent negligently inflicted psychiatric injury qualifies for damages within the west European legal systems. A survey looks at the French, English, German and Dutch law, as these systems can be considered representative of some of the major western European law families: Roman law, Germanic law and the Common law.
The recovery of damages for psychiatric injury is a complex area of personal injury law. The difficulties that arise relate to identifying the precise harm to be expressed in a way that enables a lawyer to reach a view on negligence and then arrive at a reasonable figure for compensation. This report studies the question to what extent negligently inflicted psychiatric injury qualifies for damages within the west European legal systems. A survey looks at the French, English, German and Dutch law, as these systems can be considered representative of some of the major western European law families: Roman law, Germanic law and the Common law.
Covers psychiatric damage such as bereavement due to death or severe injury. The basis of liability is discussed in relation to the law of tort; Looks at the liability for own acts focussing on the question of the liability for psychiatric injury resulting from negligence on the part of the party held responsible.; Deals with the questions arising with regard to recovery if psychiatric injury is caused by negligence; Discusses whether there is any liability towards secondary victims and what victims are or are not entitled to compensation for negligently inflicted psychiatric injury
| Reihe/Serie | Professional Focus |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Essex |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 210 x 297 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84311-016-4 / 1843110164 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84311-016-3 / 9781843110163 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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