Redress Schemes for Personal Injuries

Sonia Macleod is a Researcher with the Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford.Christopher Hodges is Professor of Justice Systems and Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and Head of the Swiss Re/CMS Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford.

• Part I: Introduction1. An Introduction to the Schemes Sonia Macleod and Christopher HodgesPart II: New Zealand and Australia2. New Zealand: The Accident Compensation Scheme Christopher Hodges and Sonia Macleod3. Australia: Workers’ Compensation Mary WalkerPart III: Nordic StatesSonia Macleod, Matti Urho and Christopher Hodges4. Nordic Injury Compensation Schemes 5. Sweden 6. Denmark 7. Finland 8. Norway Part IV: US SchemesSonia Macleod9. No-Fault Schemes in the USA 10. Motor Vehicle Coverage in the USA 11. The Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program 12. The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association 13. September 11 Victim Compensation Fund Part V: Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals14. The Thalidomide Trust Sonia Macleod15. Vaccine Injury Compensation Schemes Sonia Macleod16. The Japanese Pharmaceutical Injury Scheme Sonia Macleod and Christopher Hodges17. Injuries in Clinical Trials on Medicines and Clinical Evaluation of Medical DevicesChristopher Hodges and Shuna MasonPart VI: Patient Injuries18. France: The ONIAM Scheme Claire Bright and Christopher Hodges19. Polish No-Fault Medical Compensation Scheme Magdalena Tulibacka20. Ireland: The Injuries Board Christopher Hodges21. Ireland: Health Services and Redress for Women Formerly Resident in Magdalen Laundries Raymond Byrne22. GermanyHerbert Woopen and Christopher HodgesPart VII: UK Schemes23. The Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Sonia Macleod24. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Sonia Macleod25. Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit Sonia Macleod26. UK Mesothelioma Compulsory Insurance Fund and Compensation Scheme Sonia Macleod27. Miners’ Compensation Schemes Sonia Macleod28. Compensation Scheme for Hepatitis C and HIV Sonia Macleod29. Creutzfeldt–Jakob DiseaseSonia MacleodPart VIII: Corporate Schemes for Medical DevicesSonia Macleod30. Dow Corning Breast Implant Compensation 31. Trilucent Breast Implants 32. ASR Hip Reimbursement Programme Part IX: ConclusionsSonia Macleod and Christopher Hodges33. Conclusions 34. Parameters and Outline of a Modern Compensation Scheme

[T]his book is a genuinely useful resource for anyone interested in the question of whether there is a better way to deal with accidental injuries than a system predicated on fault... Perhaps this book will provide the impetus for a radical new look at the question of how we should compensate for accidents.