Employers' Liability and Workers' Compensation

Published by De Gruyter 2012

Employers' Liability and Workers' Compensation

Edited by: Ken Oliphant and Gerhard Wagner

Volume 31 in the series Tort and Insurance Law

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110270211

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About this book

This large-scale comparative study analyses the two principal mechanisms employed in modern legal systems to deal with the social problem of occupational illness and injury, namely, employers' liability and workers' compensation. It provides a detailed description of the systems in operation in twelve countries around the world, investigating the complex legal structures and the interaction with other social institutions, as well as their inter-jurisdictional coordination through private international law. Current international trends are identified and assessed and the fundamental political issues highlighted and explored. The study's ultimate goals are not only descriptive but also to answer the question of how compensation and liability systems can best be adapted to meet society's needs in the 21st century.

The countries covered are: Australia (Mark Lunney), Austria (Ernst Karner/Felix Kernbichler), Denmark (Vibe Ulfbeck), England and Wales (Richard Lewis), France (Florence G'Sell/Isabelle Veillard), Germany (Raimund Waltermann), Italy (Alessandro P Scarso/Massimo Foglia), Japan (Keizo Yamamoto/Tomohiro Yoshimasa), the Netherlands (Siewert D Lindenbergh), Poland (Domenika Dörre-Nowak), Romania (Christian Alunaru/Lucian Bojin) and the United States of America (Michael D Green/Daniel S Murdock).

The book is completed by three concluding essays that address general themes:

Thomas Thiede, The European Coordination of Employers' Liability and Workers' Compensation
Ken Oliphant, The Changing Landscape of Work Injury Claims: Challenges for Employers' Liability and Workers' Compensation
Gerhard Wagner, New Perspectives on Employers' Liability - Basic Policy Issues

Author information

Ken Oliphant, Institute for European Tort Law, Vienna, Austria; Gerhard Wagner, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xxix
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Australia Mark Lunney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Austria Ernst Karner and Felix Kernbichler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Denmark Vibe Ulfbeck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: England and Wales Richard Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: France Florence G’sell and Isabelle Veillard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Germany Raimund Waltermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Italy Alessandro P Scarso and Massimo Foglia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Japan Keizo Yamamoto and Tomohiro Yoshimasa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: The Netherlands Siewert D Lindenbergh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Poland Dominika Dörre-Nowak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: Romania Christian Alunaru and Lucian Bojin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation: United States Michael D Green and Daniel S Murdock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
The European Coordination of Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation Thomas Thiede Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
The Changing Landscape of Work Injury Claims: Challenges for Employers’ Liability and Workers’ Compensation Ken Oliphant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	519
New Perspectives on Employers’ Liability – Basic Policy Issues Gerhard Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	561
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	599
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Insurers, People working with or for Insurers, Lawyers, Practitioners, Researchers
Pages
- Front matter: 40
- Main content: 620
Keywords: Compensation; Comparative Law; Liability

eBook

Published: October 30, 2012
ISBN: 9783110270211

Hardcover

Published: October 15, 2012
ISBN: 9783110269963