Loss of earnings following personal injury: Do the courts adequately compensate injured parties?

Economic Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 491, 2003, Pages

  Lewis, Richard ^a   McNabb, Robert ^a   Robinson, Helen ^a   Wass, Victoria ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344256628     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0013-0133.2003.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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