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ment in the various countries. What is desirable is an ap-
proximation of law in this respect. If agreement could be
reached as to what is understood by loss, a major step would
already have been taken in this direction. In the interests of
a fair compensation practice, the economic consequences of an
injury, i.e. those that can be measured by money, should be
consistently separated from the non-pecuniary disadvantage,
assessed as completely as possible and made good taking into
account the circumstances of each individual case.
In addition, appropriate compensation should be paid for non-
pecuniary impairment, i.e. for pain and suffering, for a dis-
figurement or loss of amenity of life. Since it is not pos-
sible to calculate the concrete value of this disadvantage in
terms of money, an objective, abstract assessment yardstick
should be applied based on the degree of injury and its physi-
cal and psychic consequences. In this respect, too, there are
still great differences from country to country in European
compensation practice, as can be seen from the following
table (no. 8).
No doubt one of the principal tasks of us insurance lawyers -
and thus of the A.I.D.A. - is to harmonise the national laws
and fundamental legal concepts. There still remains much to be
done in this respect in the field of tort law and the law of
damages.