Table of contents
Part I. The Issues in Perspective:
1. Introduction: surveying the field;
Part II. The Tort System in Theory:
2. Fault as a basis of liability;
3. The scope of the tort of negligence;
4. Departures from the fault principle;
5. Causation and remoteness of damage;
6. Damages for personal injury and death;
7. An appraisal of the fault principle;
Part III. The Tort System in Operation:
8. Claims and claimants;
9. Tortfeasors and insurers;
10. Settlements and trials;
Part IV. Other Compensation Systems:
11. First-party insurance;
12. Compensation for criminal injuries;
13. The social security system;
14. Other forms of assistance;
Part V. The Overall Picture:
15. A plethora of systems;
16. The cost of compensation and who pays it;
17. The functions of compensation systems;
Part VI. The Future:
18. Accident compensation in the twenty-first century;
Index.