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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tackling the Measurability Problem of Physical Pain in Personal Injury Cases: The Case for Remembered Pain and for Disregarding Race and Gender
Abstract
dc:descriptionFinally, this dissertation tackles the thorny issue of translating pain into money. I propose valuing pain using the willingness-to-pay formula, according to which jurors would ask themselves what is the maximum sum of money that a reasonable person would have been willing to pay to eliminate the risk of ending up with the remembered pain sustained by the plaintiff. This formula is superior to previous proposals because it focuses on the harm of the victim and on the ex ante probability that the harm would take place.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- J.S.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Law
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Shavizky, Amir
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Ulen, Thomas S.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (MiAaPQ)AAI3314892
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/86511