Catastrophic loss and the law : a comparison between 2009 Victorian Black Saturday fires and 2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi Mendelson, Danuta and Carter, Rachel 2012, Catastrophic loss and the law : a comparison between 2009 Victorian Black Saturday fires and 2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi, University of Tasmania law review, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 32-53. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Catastrophic loss and the law : a comparison between 2009 Victorian Black Saturday fires and 2011 Queensland floods and Cyclone Yasi Author(s) Mendelson, Danuta orcid.org/0000-0001-8955-0954 Carter, Rachel Journal name University of Tasmania law review Volume number 31 Issue number 2 Start page 32 End page 53 Total pages 22 Publisher University of Tasmania, Faculty of Law Place of publication Hobart, Tas. Publication date 2012 ISSN 0082-2108 Keyword(s) catastrophic events insurability legal regulatory regime insurance Black Saturday Cyclone Yasi disasters Summary This article explores insurability relating to loss occasioned by catastrophic events in Australia in the context of the current legal regulatory regime. The analysis includes two case studies, in which we juxtapose the Victorian Black Saturday fires in February 2--9 with the Queensland flooding and Cyclone Yasi (December 2010 - February 2011). We argue that the different responses to, and economic losses stemming from, these events illustrate the urgent need for a national regulatory and insurance regime for the prevention and alleviation of disasters and the management of their consequences. Language eng Field of Research 180119 Law and Society Socio Economic Objective 940204 Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Law School, University of Tasmania Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050762 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Business and Law Law   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 21 Feb 2013, 15:50:32 EST Wed, 27 Feb 2013, 17:21:44 EST Mon, 04 Mar 2013, 08:16:41 EST Mon, 04 Mar 2013, 08:20:11 EST Mon, 16 Dec 2013, 14:19:50 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 785 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 21 Feb 2013, 15:50:04 EST by Aysun Alpyurek

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