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Compensating child abuse in England and Wales /
Providing a detailed analysis of the legal principles in England & Wales, this book looks at governing compensation claims for the lasting trauma caused by child abuse. Its pages discuss the merits and demerits of different forms of action as mechanisms for imposing liability for abuse, how comp...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Providing a detailed analysis of the legal principles in England & Wales, this book looks at governing compensation claims for the lasting trauma caused by child abuse. Its pages discuss the merits and demerits of different forms of action as mechanisms for imposing liability for abuse, how compensable psychiatric damage can be proved and how the law deals with complex issues of duty of care, causation and extending limitation periods in the context of abuse cases. Whilst a substantial portion of the book deals with civil claims by the abused for the psychological harm caused by the abuse, coverage also extends to litigation by other parties involved directly or indirectly in abuse allegations. Also included is a significant comparative element, drawing upon jurisdictions such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand, as a means of speculating how our own legal system might develop. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 312 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-298) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511274777 9780511274770 9780511275470 0511275471 9780511494888 0511494882 1107169224 9781107169227 1280815663 9781280815669 0511273223 9780511273223 0511321007 9780511321009 0511274017 9780511274015 |