Is there a “compensation culture” in contemporary Russia? The role of liability insurance, non-pecuniary damages, and legal profession in personal injury litigation
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Personal injury, liability insurance, Soviet tort law, compensation culture, non-pecuniary damages, Daños personales, seguro de responsabilidad, derecho soviético sobre responsabilidad civil, cultura de la compensación, daños inmaterialesAbstract
This article explores current trends in personal injury litigation in Russia compared with the common law countries (the UK and US). In contrast to the British and American situation, there is no concern about the problem of “compensation culture” or “litigious behaviour” in Russian public discourse. The number of personal injury cases considered by Russian courts is not particularly high despite the growing number of accidents. This state of affairs can be explained by the influence of the Soviet culture of tort law. The most visible areas of the Soviet impact addressed in the article are liability insurance, non-pecuniary damages, and the legal profession. The article demonstrates the specificity of the Russian approach to these issues. The research is based on the analysis of judicial decisions on personal injury cases, court statistics, and expert interviews with personal injury lawyers. The findings are discussed from a historical and comparative perspective.Este artículo examina tendencias actuales en litigios sobre daños personales en Rusia, en comparación con los países con derecho consuetudinario (Reino Unido y Estados Unidos). A diferencia de los casos británico y estadounidense, en el discurso público de Rusia no se repara en el problema de la “cultura de la compensación” o “comportamiento litigioso”. El número de casos de daños personales en los juzgados rusos no es especialmente algo, a pesar del número creciente de accidentes. Este estado de cosas se puede explicar por la influencia del derecho soviético sobre responsabilidad civil. Las áreas más evidentes de influencia soviética que se tratan en el artículo son los seguros de responsabilidad, los daños inmateriales y la profesión jurídica. El artículo demuestra la particularidad del enfoque ruso a estos temas. La investigación está basada en el análisis de decisiones judiciales en casos de daños personales, estadísticas judiciales y entrevistas con abogados especializados en daños personales. Los hallazgos se exponen desde una perspectiva histórica y comparativa.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1141
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