Compensating child abuse in England and Wales / Paula Case.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Case, Paula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child abuse--Law and legislation--England.

Child abuse.

Reparation (Criminal justice)--England.

Reparation (Criminal justice).

Set-off and counterclaim--England.

Set-off and counterclaim.

Child abuse--Law and legislation--Wales.

Reparation (Criminal justice)--Wales.

Set-off and counterclaim--Wales.

Child abuse--Law and legislation.

Wales.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 312 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

Compensating Child Abuse in England & Wales

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Providing a detailed analysis of the legal principles in England and 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.

Contents:

Law, psychiatry, society and child abuse

Classifying abuse as a civil wrong

Damage, causation and quantum

Limitation periods.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511494888

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.