Tort law and liability insurance /

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Imprint:Wien ; New York : Springer, c2005.
Description:1 online resource (361 p.)
Language:English
Series:Tort and insurance law, 1616-8623 ; v. 16
Tort and insurance law ; v. 16.
Subject:Liability insurance -- Europe. Liability (Law) -- Europe.
Torts -- Europe.
Liability insurance -- United States.
Liability (Law) -- Europe.
Torts -- United States.
Assurance de responsabilité civile -- Europe.
Responsabilité civile -- Europe.
Assurance de responsabilité civile -- États-Unis.
Responsabilité (Droit) -- Europe.
Responsabilité civile -- États-Unis.
LAW -- Insurance.
Onrechtmatige daad.
Verzekeringsrecht.
Aansprakelijkheid.
Liability insurance.
Liability (Law)
Torts.
Europe.
United States.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8874629
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Other authors / contributors:Wagner, Gerhard, 1962-
Baker, Tom, 1959-
ISBN:9783211244821 (pbk. : alk. paper)
3211244824 (pbk. : alk. paper)
3211306315 (electronic bk.)
9783211306314 (electronic bk.)
9786610412204
6610412200
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other form:Print version: Tort law and liability insurance. Wien ; New York : Springer, c2005 3211244824
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Summary:Among scholars as well as practitioners it is taken for granted that liability insurance and liability in tort interrelate in many ways. In fact, insurance carriers are major players in the area of claims for damages. In striking contrast to common beliefs among lawyers, the law still maintains that there is no connection between liability issues and insurance matters, i.e. that both belong to different worlds which must be kept separate. The question is: Who is right? Is it true what countless decisions say, i.e. that there is no normative connection between the liability and the insurance issues? This volume tests the two suppositions against reality. It brings together reports from a number of European jurisdictions which all address the question whether the separateness principle is a mere façade for the courts to hide their real motives or in fact a close approximation of legal reality. The book also addresses the issue from an economic point of view, exploring the issues with the help of the analytical tools of price theory.
Physical Description:1 online resource (361 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783211244821 (pbk. : alk. paper)
3211244824 (pbk. : alk. paper)
3211306315 (electronic bk.)
9783211306314 (electronic bk.)
9786610412204
6610412200
ISSN:1616-8623
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