Palmer's Compensation for Incapacity: The New Zealand and Australian "No Fault" Story

For this issue of the Utah Law Review dedicated to Wayne Thode, I volunteered to offer some reactions to an interesting recent book by Geoffrey Palmer of New Zealand. This is a task Wayne would have taken on with gusto. I wish I could have heard his comments. The story of New Zealand's enactment and administration of a comprehensive "no fault" accident compensation system and the abortive attempt to follow the same course in Australia makes fascinating reading to a torts professor, and it would have fascinated Wayne Thode.

He would have had some down to earth comments and distinctive insights into the extent to which the New Zealand experience could be relevant or instructive for the United States.