Non-pecuniary Loss
Executed by:
ECTIL
European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law
Landesgerichtsstraße 9a-11
A-1080 Vienna
tel. +43 1 40 127 1688
fax. +43 1 40 127 1685
Coordination:
Non-pecuniary Loss
The goal of
the project is to examine
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to what extent the various European legal system
have a general principle governing non-pecuniary loss or whether there are
simply special rules for particular situations?
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whether the aggregate of such
special rules indicate any position on the status or importance of
non-pecuniary loss in the eyes of the different legal systems?
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whether they allow the award of damages for non-pecuniary loss in
cases of personal injury?
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whether damages
for non-pecuniary loss in personal injury cases are generally regarded as
performing a necessary function?
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whether they are
regarded as secondary in importance to compensation for income loss and
expenses?
and other questions on “Non-pecuniary damage”
These questions and
additional cases are answered in individual country reports which will be
summarized in a comparative report analyzing whether the solutions in the
various legal systems are indeed different, identifying the main points of
agreement and discussing a harmonization or standardization of non-pecuniary
loss awards for personal injury in Europe.
The academic responsibility and co-ordination for this project lies with
Prof. W.
V. Horton Rogers
(University of Nottingham). The country reports
are drafted by experts in tort law from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany,
Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the
United Kingdom.
