Medical Malpractice Legislation

This book aims to analyse the legal tools that the legislatures of France, Germany and Italy adopted in order to regulate medical malpractice. This work may interest legal scholars, healthcare providers, insurers and policymakers.

Carlo Maria Masieri is Research Fellow in Comparative Private Law at Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. He was a visiting student researcher at the University of California, Berkeley in 2015, a visiting Ph.D. student at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg in 2016, and a visiting researcher at Cornell University in 2019. Carlo earned the Italian Scholarly Certification for Teaching as an Associate Professor of Private Law in 2019, and of Comparative Private Law in 2020. He authored several scientific publications on tort law, environmental law, climate change law, contracts and privacy.

Introduction 1. Medical Malpractice Before Reforms: Was There Any Crisis? 2. The Age of Medical Malpractice Statutes: What Has Been Targeted? 3. The Aftermath of Reforms: What Has Changed? Conclusion