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Publication. Punitive damages: Common Law and Civil Perspectives

By Marta Requejo

On a previous post (see here) I gave notice of a Viena Conference on Punitive Damages held in November 2008, organised by the Institute for European Tort Law and chaired by Sir Henry Brooke and Prof. Ken Oliphant. Following this event a book has just been published, entitled “Punitive Damages: Common Law and Civil Law Perspectives”. The study covers jurisdictions that openly endorse punitive damages -in particular, England, South Africa and the United States- as well as those jurisdictions which purport to deny their existence . The position in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Hungary, the Scandinavian countries as well as EU Law are thus considered. The study also includes a report on punitive damages from an insurance, law and economics and private international law perspective. A report on aggravated damages precedes a comparative report and conclusions.

More information on the publication and a link to the index of contents is to be found here.

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1. Conference on punitive damages at Vienna A Confere
2. Exxon, Punitive Damages and the Conflict of Laws Yesterday
3. October 2007 Round-Up: International Tort Claims, “Forum Non” Dismissals and Punitive Damages This inst

Full post as published by Conflict of Laws on July 16, 2009 (boomark / email).