Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: Series Number 40: Compensation for Personal Injury in English, German and Italian Law: A Comparative Outline

Cross-border claims for personal injuries are becoming more common. Furthermore, European nationals increasingly join class actions in the USA. These tendencies have created a need to know more about the law of damages in Europe and America. Despite the growing importance of this subject, there is a dearth of material available to practitioners to assist them in advising their clients as to the heads of damage recoverable in other countries. This book aims to fill that gap by looking at the law in England, Germany and Italy. It sets out the raw data in the wider context of tort law, then provides a closer synthesis, largely concerned with methodological issues, and draws some comparative conclusions.

Foreword; Table of cases; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. General damages: non pecuniary losses; 3. Special damages: past losses; 4. Future pecuniary losses; 5. Collateral sources of revenue: subrogation rights and miscellaneous matters; 6. Comparative conclusions; Appendix 1. Comparative tables.