Damages and compensation culture : comparative perspectives / edited by Eoin Quill and Raymond J. Friel.

"This book presents a collection of papers from a conference entitled 'Compensation Culture--Comparative Tort Law Reform in the 21st Century' held at the University of Limerick on 23-24 May 2014"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'The whiplash capital of the world' : genealogy of a compensation myth / Ken Oliphant -- Structural factors affecting the number and cost of personal injury claims in the tort system / Richard Lewis -- A reflexive approach to accident law reform / Erik S. Knutsen -- Reforming English tort law : lessons from Australia / James Goudkamp -- Non-pecuniary damages for personal injury : a reflection on the Canadian experience / Jeff Berryman -- Identifying and calculating personal injury damages in Ireland, Italy, France, and Belgium : recent debates between scholars, judges, and practitioners / Denise Amram -- Deconstructing policy on costs and the compensation culture / Annette Morris -- Personal injuries assessment board : a decade of delivery? / Dorothea Dowling -- An overview of the role of medical panels in Victorian legislation / Dr. Carol A. Newlands -- Concurrent fault at 90 : a history of Ontario's Negligence Act and Canada's Uniform Contributory Fault Act / John C Kleefeld -- Individualism and autonomy in occupiers liability and compensation culture / Desmond Ryan -- Compensation culture and sport / Tim O'Connor.