1 Department of Economics, Catholic University of Milan.
Health Econ Policy Law. 2013 Oct;8(4):423-52. doi: 10.1017/S1744133112000436. Epub 2013 Jan 29.
Medical malpractice law and tort reform are contentious issues. In this paper, we focus on Italy as an example of a civil law jurisdiction. Italian medical malpractice law is essentially judge-made law. However, its effectiveness is likely to be curtailed by excessive delays in litigation. Several reforms have been enacted since the late 1980s to correct this situation. By making use of the decisions of the Italian Court of Cassation (which have shaped medical malpractice law) from 1970 to 2009, we show that these reforms had no general statistically significant impact on delays. Recent reduction of delays does not seem to be related to legal reforms but rather explained by other factors.
医疗事故法和侵权法改革是有争议的问题。在本文中，我们以意大利为例，探讨大陆法系国家的情况。意大利的医疗事故法本质上是法官造法。然而，诉讼过程中的过度拖延可能会限制其效力。自 20 世纪 80 年代末以来，意大利颁布了几项改革措施，以纠正这种情况。通过利用意大利最高上诉法院（Cassazione）自 1970 年至 2009 年的裁决（这些裁决塑造了医疗事故法），我们发现这些改革对拖延没有普遍的显著影响。最近拖延时间的减少似乎与法律改革无关，而是由其他因素解释的。
