Compensating Child Abuse in England and Wales
Seiten
2007
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-86402-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-86402-2 (ISBN)
Many types of child abuse litigation are covered including physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect, but with a primary focus on sexual abuse claims. This book offers a detailed commentary on the legal principles governing compensation for the harm occasioned by child abuse.
Providing a detailed analysis of the legal principles in England & Wales, this book looks at governing compensation claims for the lasting trauma caused by child abuse. Its pages discuss the merits and demerits of different forms of action as mechanisms for imposing liability for abuse, how compensable psychiatric damage can be proved and how the law deals with complex issues of duty of care, causation and extending limitation periods in the context of abuse cases. Whilst a substantial portion of the book deals with civil claims by the abused for the psychological harm caused by the abuse, coverage also extends to litigation by other parties involved directly or indirectly in abuse allegations. Also included is a significant comparative element, drawing upon jurisdictions such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as a means of speculating how our own legal system might develop.
Providing a detailed analysis of the legal principles in England & Wales, this book looks at governing compensation claims for the lasting trauma caused by child abuse. Its pages discuss the merits and demerits of different forms of action as mechanisms for imposing liability for abuse, how compensable psychiatric damage can be proved and how the law deals with complex issues of duty of care, causation and extending limitation periods in the context of abuse cases. Whilst a substantial portion of the book deals with civil claims by the abused for the psychological harm caused by the abuse, coverage also extends to litigation by other parties involved directly or indirectly in abuse allegations. Also included is a significant comparative element, drawing upon jurisdictions such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as a means of speculating how our own legal system might develop.
Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool.
1. Law, psychiatry, society and child abuse; 2. Classifying abuse as a civil wrong; 3. Litigation against the accuser; 4. Damage, causation and quantum; 5. Limitation periods.
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 667 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
| Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-86402-X / 052186402X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-86402-2 / 9780521864022 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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