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Tort Liability for Psychiatric Damage

Nicholas J. Mullany, Peter R. Handford (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

333 Seiten

1993
Lbc Information Services (Verlag)
978-0-455-21175-6 (ISBN)

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Psychiatric damage has become a significant legal issue in tort over recent years, driven in part by a wave of disaster litigation. This analysis draws on the common law in a number of Commonwealth jurisdictions and has deliberately not been restricted to the law of any given country.

This work fully explores the issue of nervous shock, one of the most interesting but, so far, neglected areas of torts. Adopting an international perspective that draws on case law from all the leading common law jurisdictions, it answers key questions such as, for what kinds of mental damage will a claim lie? Who may claim? And in what circumstances? * Draws together developments on a neglected issue * International perspective * Supplies practical answers to legal questions

Recognisable psychiatric damage. Fundamentals of liability. Psychiatric damage and general principles of compensation in negligence. Relationship to accident victim. Proximity of time and space. Means of communication. The need for sudden impact. The source of the shock. The susceptible plaintiff. The statutory liability for psychiatric damage. Defences. Assessment of damages. Intentional acts.

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
ISBN-10	0-455-21175-2 / 0455211752
ISBN-13	978-0-455-21175-6 / 9780455211756
Zustand	Neuware