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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Unexpected Consequences of Compensation Law by Edited by Professor Prue Vines Edited by Arno Akkermans
Somewhat counter-intuitively compensation procedure may fail to compensate and instead creates other problems. Taking a refreshing and insightful approach to the question this book considers the actual (and sometimes negative) effect of compensation law on people seeking redress. Tort law workers’ compensation medical law industrial injury law and other schemes are examined. The unintended consequences the book uncovers includes ongoing physical and mental illness failure to rehabilitate the impact on social security entitlements and medical care. Offering a truly interdisciplinary approach it draws on contributors from lawyers psychologists and medical practitioners from multiple jurisdictions including Australia Netherlands Canada Italy and the UK.