In this paper we investigate the correct magnitude of pain and suffering damages for personal injuries. These damages differ greatly between and within countries, and the law of damages does not provide a framework to assess the correctness of the granted amounts. In our view, Law and Economics in combination with Health Economics is able to provide the required external framework. In the Law and Economics literature, a tension exists between the prevention theory (stating that the injurer should fully compensate non-pecuniary losses) and the insurance theory (stat-ing that the victim should not receive compensation for non-pecuniary losses, because he would not self-insure against these losses). We discuss the scarce literature that sugge...
For this purpose of this Project Paper, an award of damages under Common Law is to be considered as ...
Measurement of damages for pain and suffering is, in a sense, an attempt to measure the unmeasurable...
This paper assesses the widely held belief that damages for pain and suffering are random or arbitra...
textabstractAbstract In this paper we investigate the correct magnitude of pain and suffering damage...
In a previous paper we have argued that tort law can benefit from the use of Quality Adjusted Life Y...
Should there be pain-and-suffering damages in tort law? Most legal economists who wrote on the subje...
Past discussions about economic efficiency and personal injury torts have focused on the relationshi...
Since the 1980s, tort damages for pain and suffering have excited hue and cry. Twenty-three states c...
Many jurisdictions award pain and suffering damages, yet it is difficult for judges or juries to qua...
This chapter gives a transnational overview on the different judicial and legislative models adopted...
Long ago people recognized non-pecuniary damage, as wel as pecuniary losses, which are stemming from...
article published in law journalThe task of valuing accidental injuries and deaths is intrinsically ...
article published in law reviewCompensation for non-pecuniary losses is one of the most controversia...
This paper deals with and analyzes segments of compensation for nonpecuniary damage and its types. S...
LEGAL LIABILITY: THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PURE ECONOMIC LOSS The purpose of my thesis...
For this purpose of this Project Paper, an award of damages under Common Law is to be considered as ...
Measurement of damages for pain and suffering is, in a sense, an attempt to measure the unmeasurable...
This paper assesses the widely held belief that damages for pain and suffering are random or arbitra...
textabstractAbstract In this paper we investigate the correct magnitude of pain and suffering damage...
In a previous paper we have argued that tort law can benefit from the use of Quality Adjusted Life Y...
Should there be pain-and-suffering damages in tort law? Most legal economists who wrote on the subje...
Past discussions about economic efficiency and personal injury torts have focused on the relationshi...
Since the 1980s, tort damages for pain and suffering have excited hue and cry. Twenty-three states c...
Many jurisdictions award pain and suffering damages, yet it is difficult for judges or juries to qua...
This chapter gives a transnational overview on the different judicial and legislative models adopted...
Long ago people recognized non-pecuniary damage, as wel as pecuniary losses, which are stemming from...
article published in law journalThe task of valuing accidental injuries and deaths is intrinsically ...
article published in law reviewCompensation for non-pecuniary losses is one of the most controversia...
This paper deals with and analyzes segments of compensation for nonpecuniary damage and its types. S...
LEGAL LIABILITY: THEORETICAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PURE ECONOMIC LOSS The purpose of my thesis...
For this purpose of this Project Paper, an award of damages under Common Law is to be considered as ...
Measurement of damages for pain and suffering is, in a sense, an attempt to measure the unmeasurable...
This paper assesses the widely held belief that damages for pain and suffering are random or arbitra...