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Springer Financial Compensation For Victims Of Catastrophes A Comparative Legal Approach 2006 Edition by Michael Faure Ton Hartlief
Mankind suffers not only from natural catastrophes but increasingly from so-called man-made disasters including technological explosions and obviously also terrorism. This book addresses of these seemingly quite different solutions. Various possible remedies for victims are critically discussed; attention is also paid to the economic analysis of law. Table of contents : From the contents: Introduction.- Country Reports: Austria (D. Hinghofer-Szalkay B. A. Koch); Belgium (I. C. Durant); France (M. Cannarsa F. Lafay O. Moreteau); Germany (U. Magnus); Italy (A. Monti F. A. Chiaves); The Netherlands (M. Faure T. Hartlief); Sweden (S. Nyquist E. Persson); United Kingdom (M. Huber T. Amodu); United States (R. L. Rabin S. A. Bratis).- Compulsory Catastrophe Extension of First Party Property Insurance from a Competition Policy Perspective (R. Van den Bergh).- Comparative and Policy Conclusions (M. Faure).- Annex: Questionnaire.- Index.- Publications.