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This six-volume set contains the results of the first stage of an AHRC-funded project which aims to examine the nature of legal development in Western Europe since 1850, focusing on liability for fault. By bringing together experts with different disciplinary backgrounds - comparative lawyers and legal historians, all with an understanding of modern tort law in their own systems - and getting them to work collaboratively, the books produce a more nuanced comparative legal history, and one which is theoretically better informed. Also available: The three-volume set containing the results of the second and final stage of this project, published in October 2012.
The criminal law on serious traffic offenses presents legislators with numerous controversial issues. One such issue is when severe consequences are matched with low moral culpability. How should the law deal with a driver who kills someone because she failed to see the person when looking? Another controversial issue concerns highly culpable behavior that remains without serious consequences. How should the law cope with a driver who nearly kills someone when overtaking recklessly? The traffic context generates many hard cases that call the outermost boundaries of general doctrinal concepts like intent, negligence, or causation into question. This book contains an international collection o...
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The field of road traffic accidents provides an excellent example of the interplay of quite a number of different compensation schemes and a perfect opportunity to compare the different compensation systems and their aptitude for compensating victims and deterring damaging conduct. Further, as this is one of the few areas in which there are reliable statistics available, the practical relevance of the problems under discussion can be demonstrated with meaningful figures.
The tenth edition of this well established work offers a concise outline of the scope and workings of the Motor Insurers' Bureau. It explains the extent of the Bureau's liability and the procedure for recovering compensation for victims of accidents involving "e;hit and run"e; and uninsured drivers.This new edition has been extensively updated, offering practical coverage of: The Uninsured Drivers' Agreement (including the 2008 Supplementary Uninsured Agreement)The Untraced Drivers' Agreement (including the 2008 and 2011 Supplementary Uninsured Agreements)cases involving the Bureau including Byrneimplementation of the Fifth EC Motor Directive.The book includes the full text of the two agreements governing the Motor Insurers' Bureau's activities - the Uninsured Drivers' Agreement and the Untraced Drivers' Agreement - as well as the forms required to pursue such claims.
In Road Traffic Liability in China: A View from Law and Economics Yu Yan offers an in-depth analysis of the Chinese road traffic liability system, with other alternative accident prevention and compensation systems from a view of law and economics.
A clear but comprehensive guide to road traffic accident personal injury claims. Covers issues in relation to RTA claims dealing with such issues as the portal, fixed costs, liability, indemnity, vicarious liability, causation, litigation tactics, investigating quantum, vehicle related damages and head of special damages, commonly found in RTA cases and in particular focuses on the day-to-day issues in practice, one encounters with such cases. Andrew Mckie, Barrister at Clerksroom Manchester, is a specialist in claimant and defendant personal injury, with a particular interest in cases involving alleged fraud, credit hire, highways, occupiers and defective premises cases. He was previously Head of Litigation and In-House Solicitor Advocate at a claimant personal injury firm with over 50 staff.