Financial compensation for victims of catastrophes : a comparative legal approach
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Financial compensation for victims of catastrophes : a comparative legal approach
(Tort and insurance law / edited by the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, v. 14)
Springer, c2006
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Mankind suffers not only from natural catastrophes, but increasingly from so-called man-made disasters, including technological explosions, and obviously also terrorism. This book addresses of these seemingly quite different solutions. Various possible remedies for victims are critically discussed; attention is also paid to the economic analysis of law.
Table of Contents
- From the contents: Introduction.- Country Reports: Austria (D. Hinghofer-Szalkay, B. A. Koch)
- Belgium (I. C. Durant)
- France (M. Cannarsa, F. Lafay, O. Moreteau)
- Germany (U. Magnus)
- Italy (A. Monti, F. A. Chiaves)
- The Netherlands (M. Faure, T. Hartlief)
- Sweden (S. Nyquist, E. Persson)
- United Kingdom (M. Huber, T. Amodu)
- United States (R. L. Rabin, S. A. Bratis).- Compulsory Catastrophe Extension of First Party Property Insurance from a Competition Policy Perspective (R. Van den Bergh).- Comparative and Policy Conclusions (M. Faure).- Annex: Questionnaire.- Index.- Publications.
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